Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
AODA Compliance Rules
Beginning January 1, 2021: all public websites and web content posted after January 1, 2012 must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA other than criteria 1.2.4 (live captions) and 1.2.5 (pre- recorded audio descriptions).
By law, you must make new and significantly refreshed public websites accessible if you are launching a significantly refreshed website. This means that you are keeping the same web address, but you are making changes such as:
- A new look and feel to the website
- How users navigate around it
- A major update and change feel to the website around it to the content of the website
Content (Content means any information that may be found on a web page or web application, including text, images, forms and sounds.)
Who
By law, you must make new and significantly refreshed public websites accessible if you are:
- A private or non-profit organization with 50+ employees
A public sector organization
AODA Assessment
The following Principles are to be audited:
- Perceivable
- Operable
- Robust
- Understandable
Examples of remedies Trilogen has used to meet compliance:
- Increased font size;
- Adding Alternative Text;
- Adding Captions;
- Adding Descriptions and Meta Data;
- Adding Distinguishables such as Colours, Contrasts, Spacing;
- Adding Keyboard Accessibility;
- Optimizing Naviagation including Search, Headers, Sub Menus;
- Migrate all content to a new AODA compliant platform.