Appendix 2: Additional guidance documents

National Disability Authority documents

• "Building for Everyone: A Universal Design Approach"
• "Code of Practice on Accessible Heritage Sites" from the National Disability Authority
• "eLearning Centre"
• "Guidelines for Access Auditing of the Built Environment"
• "Guidelines for Accessible Maritime Passenger Transport"
• "Guidelines for Application Software Accessibility"
• "Guidelines for Public Access Terminals Accessibility"
• "Guidelines for Purchasers of Disability Equality Training"
• "Guidelines for Smart Card Accessibility"
• "Guidelines for Telecoms Accessibility"
• "NDA's Policy Advice Paper to the Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services"
• "Safe Evacuation for All"
• "Take a quick look at your site" from the National Disability Authority
• "User Testing"
• "Web accessibility auditing"

Other documents

• Disability Act 2005
• Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information provided by Public Bodies
• Standardisation Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in support of European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement in the Built Environment (M/420 EN) (21st December 2007)
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (13th December 2006)
• Standardisation Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in support of European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of products and services in the ICT Domain (M 376 - EN) (7th December 2005)
• Ministerial Declaration approved unanimously on 24 November 2005, Manchester, United Kingdom
• European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2007
• European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006
• Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts
• "The 7 Principles of Universal Design" (copyright © 1997 NC State University)
• "Summary of Sectoral Plan Targets" from the Department of Transport
• "Rocket Surgery Made Easy - The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems" by Steve Krug
• "Usability Testing" webpages from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• EU Buses and Coaches Directive (Directive 2001/85/EC Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 20 November 2001 relating to special provisions for vehicles used for the carriage of passengers comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat, and amending Directives 70/156/EEC and 97/27/EC)
• Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010
• Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 5 July 2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air
• "National Vehicle Standards" from the Commission for Taxi Regulation
• The National Adult Literacy Agency's "Plain English guidelines at a glance"
• "Checklist for documents" from the National Adult Literacy Agency
• "Checklist for forms" from the National Adult Literacy Agency
• "Clear print design checklist" on page 9 of "Make It Clear" from NCBI
• "Make It Clear" from Mencap
• "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0" from World Wide Web Consortium
• "Part M - Access and Use (2010)" from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
• "BS 8300:2009+A1:2010 Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people. Code of practice" from the British Standards Institution
• "How to Make Presentations Accessible to All [Draft for Review - updated 24 May 2010]" from the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• Office of Public Procurement
• Construction Procurement Reform website
• National Public Procurement Policy Framework
• The Citizens Information Board's Accessible information for all (2009)
• "Part M - Access and Use (2010) - Flowchart" for "Application of Part M 2010 to existing buildings other than dwellings" from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
• "Advice Series: Access - improving the accessibility of historic buildings and places" from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
• "Road and Street Design for All" from Kildare County Council
• "BS 8878:2010 Web accessibility. Code of practice." from the British Standards Institution
• "Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0" from the World Wide Web Consortium
• "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0" from the World Wide Web Consortium
• "The Ombudsman and the Disability Act 2005" from the Office of the Ombudsman
• "The Australian Government's study into the Accessibility of the Portable Document Format for people with a disability"
• "Delivering inclusive websites" from the Central Office of Information (UK)