Looking forward Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. Trace R&D Center, Univ. of Wisconsin

Overview Approach to Accessibility Standards in US 508 refresh What is new How does it compare to European Equivalent What is happening in future Where should we focus for Future © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

US Approach to Accessibility ADA – Civil right to have access Not be discriminated against by design 255 – Right to have access to Telecom Push regulation 508 – Government workplace, information and services should be accessible Pull regulation – What gov buys and creates should be accessible © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

508 Refresh Just came out so analysis is still underway What’s new Clearer – more measurable Function rather than device based WCAG used to unify Web, Document & Software Access requirements How Differ from European Standards WCAG not broken up in US version – preserves links Real-time text simpler, and more effective Mostly the two are very similar. Where there are differences – there are no conflicts so they are harmonized with each other. © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

Upcoming Webinars on 508 The Trace R&D Center will be conducting a series of webinars on the new 508 guidelines 4 topic areas 1.Low vision and Blindness 2.Hard-of-hearing and Deafness 3.Physical and Neurological 4.Cognitive, language, and learning disabilities For each we will have two webinars in one day, presentation with questions in the AM 1 hour discussion in the PM For more information: tinyurl.com/tc508 © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

Where is future going 1.Access to ICT becoming mandatory for participation in Society Educ, Empl, Health, Transp, Indep Living, etc 2.Need to ensure ALL can understand and use ICT effectively 3.Access now needs to be cross-platform – on any device the person encounters © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) 3 Objectives 1.Make it easy to figure out what each person needs (best solution/features for them 2.Make the features they need instantly appear (set up for them) on any device they encounter 3.Make it easier / possible to create, sell, and support solutions for everyone Major efforts underway: Cloud4all, Prosperity4All, Fluid/Floe, RERC For more info GPII.net (and click on video) © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

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What should we focus on going forward? 1.Enforcement of the regulations 1.They are useless if you don’t 2.Very hard 2.The Tails of each disability 1.Look out for the “Tails of the Tails” 3.Develop Support for ubiquitous Access in your countries 1.Build support for the GPII in each country 4.Build a network of technical consumers – and provide support for them to 1.Participate in technical standards work 2.Provide support to developers – to keep them aimed properly © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation

Thank You Questions? © your company name. All rights reserved.Title of your presentation