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If you build accessible features into your reports now, it will be significantly
less expensive than to redesign existing reports later.
About the accessibility guidelines
The most comprehensive accessibility guidelines are the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), developed by the international World Wide
Web Consortium (W3C). The WCAG is widely considered the definitive set
of recommendations for delivering web content to people with disabilities.
The WCAG has influenced the development of similar web content standards
around the world.
Organizations and governments worldwide are adopting the accessibility
recommendations of the W3C. In Australia, the Disability Discrimination Act
includes standards for web site accessibility. Similar guidelines have been
introduced in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. In Canada, all
government web content is now developed according to the Common Look
and Feel (CLF) initiative, which is largely based on the W3C's Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines. Taking web accessibility a step further, the United
States government introduced legislation in the form of Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act, which ensures the right to accessible government web
content.
Common to all guidelines is a focus on providing web content that is useful
for all people, regardless of disability or impairment. For reports, accessible
design is focused on the same key concepts:
• Content must be easy to understand and navigate.
• Text equivalents or alternatives should be provided for non-text objects.
• Objects should be logically organized to clarify relationships between
objects.
• Reports must not rely on any one specific type of hardware, such as a
mouse, a keyboard, or a color screen.
For more information on specific accessibility guidelines, see Resources .
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About accessibility