[wp-forums] 'The' resource for Accessibility Discrimination Act ?

[esmi at quirm dot net]

on 03/05/2013 18:17 Andrew2.Nevins said the following:
> I always want to link to some official document stating that it is
> not okay to disable right click on webpages I know it differs per
> country, but was just wondering if this is okay to reference to for
> the UK: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/50/section/19

I think it would be better to avoid mentioning any country-specific 
legislation unless the OP mentions that they are in the UK. Instead, I'd 
suggest keeping it generic using something along the lines of:

===
Disabling right-click could create problems for some disabled users who 
may need access to the right-click/context menu to use essential 
features within their own specialist software. Given that equal web 
access is now mandated by law in many countries, this could place your 
site on the wrong site of the law.
===

Then if you want to cite something specific, use WCAG 2.0's 4 core 
principles: ie that content must be
- perceivable
- operable
- understandable
- robust

<http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/intro.html#introduction-fourprincs-head>

(POUR is a great mnemonic)

Disabling right-click would break Principle 2 - "operable". If they want 
country-specific citations, point them at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/>

Mel
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