{"id":468,"date":"2019-07-28T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T11:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.hikeorders.com\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=468"},"modified":"2021-01-18T08:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T08:16:44","slug":"what-are-the-different-accessibility-regulations","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/help-docs\/accessibility-enabler\/frequently-asked-question\/what-are-the-different-accessibility-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the different accessibility regulations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong> UNCRPD:<\/strong> The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)\u2019s Article 9 mandates appropriate measures to be taken to ensure access for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WCAG 2.0:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/accessibility\/glossary\/what-is-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-wcag\/\">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)<\/a> 2.1 are the <a href=\"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/accessibility\/glossary\/what-is-world-wide-web-consortium\/\">World Wide Web Consortium<\/a> (W3C)\u2019s guidelines for accessible web content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EU 2016\/2102:<\/strong> European Parliament and the Council of 26 October 2016 requires accessibility of the websites and mobile content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADA:<\/strong> The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Section 508:<\/strong> Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was passed in 1998 which ensures content accessible to people with disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNCRPD: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)\u2019s Article 9 mandates appropriate measures to be taken to ensure access for people with disabilities. WCAG 2.0: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 are the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)\u2019s guidelines for accessible web content. EU 2016\/2102: European Parliament and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[12],"class_list":["post-468","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-frequently-asked-question"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/468\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hikeorders.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}