Salman Khan, founder of the academy, is not only expanding his reach into the non-English speaking world. He also makes his greatly popular education videos accessible to people who are Deaf or hearing impaired. His global initiative is supported by Universal Subtitles, an NGO focusing on web accessibility through captioning.
Issues around access to online media and access to digital technology were not raised in the Emerging Issues Paper. The Paper did raise a broad range of economic and social policy considerations around convergent media regulation, including Australian and children’s content requirements and the role for government in promoting innovation and diversity.
Emerging issues include:
Announced by the Arts Minister, Simon Crean, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Jan McLucas, the funding will support and promote the work of Arts Access Australia (AAA), including implementation of the National Arts and Disability Strategy.
The types of websites that fall under the requirements include public facing websites, intranets and extranets. While ‘A’ level is the minimal requirement for these sites, the government has identified ‘AA’ as the preferred option.
The WA strategy is based on the Federal Government’s National Transition Strategy (NTS), which will aim to have WCAG 2.0 ‘A’ compliance by the end of 2012.
