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

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?

Keywords:

• accessibility
• disability rights
• assistive technologies
• digital services
• public sector

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This study is funded by UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship MR/S01571X/1.