What are the functional performance criteria specified by Section 508?
Printable Version AccessIT Article ID: 1100 The 1998 amendments to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act required that electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the federal government be accessible. They also charged the federal Access Board with developing standards by which technology accessibility could be measured. The Access Board met this obligation in December 2001 with publication of its Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards. Although Section 508 specifically applies to the federal government, the Access Board’s standards are helpful measures of information technology accessibility and are being mandated or voluntarily used as accessibility standards by many other organizations as well, including states and educational entities. The Access Board, in addition to being charged with developing the standards, was charged with developing technical and functional performance criteria necessary for technology to comply wi
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