III. Why Implementing it?
3.1. What the Law Says
"The Disability Discrimination Act aims to end the discrimination which many disabled people face, giving people rights in the areas of employment, access to goods, facilities and services and buying or renting land or property. The Disability Discrimination Act recognises that disabled people can be prevented from fully participating in society. Barriers to participation include prejudice and discrimination, inflexible organisational procedures and practices, inaccessible information, buildings and transports" (The Scottish Government, Undated). In 2005, the act was modified to incorporate the Internet medium in its field of action.
Various countries in Europe and in the World have adopted laws toward web accessibility, making it a duty for webmaster to implement accessible solutions for their website. In most countries the law is mainly to be applied by public and governmental websites, but it could be extended to any website in the future.