What is the status?
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group: Accessibility
Gunnar Langemark - Mon, 2006-05-08 19:43
I'd be interested in a compiled document "bullet-pointing" status on Drupal accessibilities. What standards does it adhere to - how much? What remains to be done to make Drupal and whatever theme fully accessible according to this and that standard?
Would that be a good starting point?
Does it exist yet?
Sitewide tags: accessibility · status
There isn’t anything at
There isn't anything at the moment, but that's certainly something we should look at doing. It would need to be in two parts:
a) drupal core,
b) theme-specific.
As an example of inaccessible code in drupal core take a look at a screenreader user's comments on collapsable blocks.
Handbook
I added this to the handbook a few months ago:
Accessibility
http://drupal.org/node/44661
I've only tested the standard content type pages, we should also test all the other types of pages with each of the core themes (big job).
Unfortunately the page, and the rest of drupal.org fails Section 508 compliance - doh!
Refreshing the topic - many US orgs need 508 compliance
Hi,
Drupal is used by non-profits in the US enough that I think Section 508 accessibility compliance would be a big concern. It's also cool to see how people can make a big difference when they can do their work regardless of which senses they use so laws or not, it's a great idea.
Both Federal and many state laws require this kind of thing for organizations working with government, and I am definitely interested in helping address it in simple (screen reader compatibility, for instance) or more advanced (embedded audio, image tags, etc.) ways.
Dave