Accessibility legislation
Anna Matamala
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Element 2. What is accessibility?
Unit 1. Media accessibility
Overview
Accessibility legislation, focusing on the European context.
United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
• to implement the rights in CRPD.
• to abolish any discrimination against persons with disabilities.
European Accessibility Act
Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the
accessibility requirements for products and services 3 years from publication to become national law.
Act analysis
By the European Disability Forum (EDF):
http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/our-analysis-europea n-accessibility-act
Accessibility on products
Accessibility on services
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• Requirements are mandatory for public procurement.
• Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPO) to advise national authorities and the European Commission when implementing and reviewing the Act.
Achievements of the Act
Not included services and products:
• health care services
• education
• transport
Drawback of the Act
• housing
• household appliances
On audiovisual media
Focus on services providing access to audiovisual media BUT
no regulation of the accessibility of audiovisual media services.
Pictures
Smart icons for accessibility services by DR Design.
Other pictures source: pixabay.com, publicdomainvectors.org, pexels.com
License: Pixabay License, CC0, Pexels License
[email protected] Anna Matamala
The project EASIT has received funding from the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education programme, grant agreement 2018-1-
ES01-KA203-05275.
Acknowledgement
The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the
contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use
which may be made of the information contained therein.
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