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  • Essay / Scottish Charities and Not-for-Profits

    3.1 Charity ResearchOffice of the Scottish Charity Regulator (2011), the majority of charity and not-for-profit websites provide information and services for disabled people . The research on charities and non-profit organizations is to study how the web design accessibility guidelines of the W3c and British Standards BS8878 are followed. Websites created by web developers were given a seven-question questionnaire to find out the standards followed by web developers. Their identities were collected from the websites they developed. Websites are used by people of all abilities; A visit to the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) provides insight into people with visual impairments. A request was granted to visit the Cherry Road Outreach Center; the center is frequented by people with disabilities, mainly people with learning difficulties and also people with acute visual impairment. This provided an opportunity to study how people with disabilities used the World Wide Web.3.2 Guidelines and lawsW3c (2011) Guidelines for users with diverse needs inform about the barriers faced by people with disabilities. Barriers that prevent users with disabilities from using the World Wide Web are avoidable. W3c (2011) content conforming to the highest level (AAA) will not be accessible to individuals with all types, degrees, or combinations of disabilities, particularly in the areas of cognitive language and learning. BS8878 implies that website owners have obligations under the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act (2010) states that "the act of a service provider enforcing a provision, a A discriminatory criterion or practice based on a person's disability constitutes indirect discrimination. .... middle of document...... reliability issues need to be clarified on non-native websites. Shah (2010) states that jurisdiction over the Internet is extremely confusing as the laws of different countries review the World Wide Web and apply their own laws; these laws differ from country to country. Shah (2010) argues: “The laws of some countries are applied in other countries and these laws are tested in court for passive, active and interactive websites”. Charitable and non-profit organizations might find laws enforced in another country. According to the philosophy of Rawls (2005), “nature does not produce a state of equality, just as no two people possess the same mental or physical attributes.” Until there is a way to apply legislation to the World Wide Web, managing accessibility will be left to web developers who will apply what they deem necessary, not what is required...