Under the Information and Communications Standards of the AODA, organizations must make their websites and web-based apps accessible. Organizations must do so by making their websites compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level AA. This international standard gives web developers guidelines on how to make their webpages accessible to computer users with disabilities. However, updates to the Information and Communications Standards could require organizations to comply with more recent versions of WCAG. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released an improved version of these guidelines, version 2.1, in 2018. Moreover, the W3C will release WCAG version 2.2 in September 2022. This article outlines WCAG 2.1’s web accessibility guidelines for designing text users can reformat.
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Web Accessibility Guidelines for Online Forms
Under the Information and Communications Standards of the AODA, organizations must make their websites and web-based apps accessible. Organizations must do so by making their websites compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level AA. This international standard gives web developers guidelines on how to make their webpages accessible to computer users with disabilities. However, updates to the Information and Communications Standards could require organizations to comply with more recent versions of WCAG. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released an improved version of these guidelines, version 2.1, in 2018. Moreover, the W3C will release WCAG version 2.2 in September 2022. This article outlines WCAG 2.1’s web accessibility guidelines for online forms.
Web Accessibility Guidelines for Display in Portrait and Landscape Orientation
Under the Information and Communications Standards of the AODA, organizations must make their websites and web-based apps accessible. Organizations must do so by making their websites compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level AA. This international standard gives web developers guidelines on how to make their webpages accessible to computer users with disabilities. However, updates to the Information and Communications Standards could require organizations to comply with more recent versions of WCAG. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released an improved version of these guidelines, version 2.1, in 2018. Moreover, the W3C will release WCAG version 2.2 in September 2022. This article outlines WCAG 2.1’s web accessibility guidelines for display in portrait and landscape orientations.
Updating AODA Requirements for Web Accessibility
The Third Review of the AODA recommends updates to the Information and Communications Standards, including updated web accessibility requirements. The standards currently require public-sector organizations, and large private-sector organizations, to make their web content accessible. Organizations must do so by complying with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0), level AA. However, updating AODA requirements for web accessibility would mean mandating organizations’ compliance with more recent versions of WCAG.
Campground Accessibility in Ontario
Currently, no AODA standards require tourism to be accessible. However, the Third Review of the AODA recommends the creation of standards mandating accessibility in tourism. In this article, we will outline possible requirements for campground accessibility in Ontario.
Campground Accessibility in Ontario
AODA standards in tourism could require campgrounds to make a certain percentage of their campsites accessible. For instance, this requirement could be comparable to accessibility in hotel rooms.