Accessible at last?: what do new European digital accessibility laws mean for disabled people in the UK?

Lewthwaite, Sarah and James, Abi (2020) Accessible at last?: what do new European digital accessibility laws mean for disabled people in the UK? Disability & Society, 35 (8), 1360-1365. (doi:10.1080/09687599.2020.1717446).

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Abstract

Recent changes to the regulation of digital services could represent a step-change in the accessibility of public sector websites and applications in the UK and across Europe. Accessibility will be centrally monitored meaning the onus is no longer exclusively on disabled people to issue legal challenges to digital exclusion. How will these changes affect disabled people in the UK, in light of Brexit and the complex relationship between standards and disability?

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Submitted date: 9 December 2019

Accepted/In Press date: 13 January 2020

e-pub ahead of print date: 23 January 2020

Published date: 13 September 2020

Additional Information: Funding Information: This study is funded by UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship MR/S01571X/1. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords: Assistive Technology, accessibility, digital services, disability rights, public sector