looking for recommendations for web development companies

[Scott Piazza]

The US Government has a mandate to ensure that all of their pages meet
Section 508 compliance ( http://www.section508.gov/ ). The last company
I worked for in DC did a few web apps for NASA and a few other agencies,
and they had to be checked against a standard checklist for
accessibility.  That doesn't necessarily mean turning off flash and all
that, just that the web site has to give everyone access to the same
information somehow.  

The ADA regulations are typically more about the design of a building
and site, or other physical accommodations for those with some type of
disability.  I don't think it gets to the level of detail of web
accessibility, but I could be wrong (haven't read the whole regs).

Personally, I think that the Section 508 rules should be followed when
practical.  I'm definitely not a fan of those all flash / no substance
pages.  But when marketing drives web design, sometimes bad things can
happen.

- Scott

On 2010-10-15 16:53, Eric Shubert wrote:

> 
> I see that the ADA regulations were revised recently, and will be taking 
> effect 3/15/11 (http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/ADAregs2010.htm).
> 
> I wonder, to any ADA regulations cover this sort of thing, at least for 
> government sites? How about guidelines for NGOs and other sites?
> 
> Please forgive me for not finding the answers myself.
> 
> -- 
> -Eric 'shubes'