Accessibility

Guide	Size
ISO/IEC Guide 71:2001, Guidelines for standards developers to address the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities	471 kB
ISO/IEC Policy statement - Addressing the needs of older persons and people with disabilities in standardization work	350 kB

News	Date
ISO standard takes the lid off accessible packaging design	Aug. 2011
No more squinting at small print or leaning forward to hear properly - thanks to new ISO standards	Feb. 2011
Confused by rings, beeps and honks?? ISO standard offers a solution	Nov. 2010
IEC/ISO/ITU workshop on accessibility identifies priorities for international standardization	Nov. 2010
Standards make the world accessible for all – 41st World Standards Day – 14 October 2010	Sep. 2010
ISO's magazine highlights standards on accessibility	Sep. 2010
ISO, IEC and ITU to hold international workshop on accessibility	Aug. 2010
ISO/IEC e-learning standard will help match user needs with the right resources	Apr. 2009
ISO/IEC standard offers guidelines for making IT office equipment friendlier for the elderly and disabled	Jul. 2008
Signs of the times - ISO standard for universally understood public information symbols	Dec. 2007
ISO/IEC publishes survey of icons and symbols to benefit IT users, including the disabled and elderly	Jul. 2007
ISO guidelines to designing software for users with disabilities	Jun. 2003
Standards to address the needs of elderly and disabled	Dec. 2001

WSC Workshop, 3-4 November 2010
Accessibility and the contribution of International Standards

Articles from ISO **Focus+, September 2010 - Accessibility for all**	Size
Accessibility - A winning and necessary concept	322 kB
Guest intervew - Andrew S. Imada, IEA President	603 kB
A world accessible for all	690 kB
WSD - Standards make the world accessible for all	490 kB
A decade later - Where design stands today	501 kB
Accessible design - A new approach	536 kB
On equal footing - Building for persons with disabilities	689 kB
Built to fit - Systems that work for all users	567 kB
Equal opportunities - Office equipment we can all use	546 kB
No limits! - User interfaces from icons to hardware	559 kB
ITU's global coordination - Improving access to ICTs	661 kB
Building an accessible world	410 kB

World Standards Day 2010
Standards make the world accessible for all

Related standards

ISO/TS 16071:2003
Ergonomics of human-system interaction -- Guidance on accessibility for human-computer interfaces
ISO/IEC Guide 71:2001
Guidelines for standards developers to address the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities
ISO 7001:2007
Graphical symbols -- Public information symbols
ISO 22727:2007
Graphical symbols -- Creation and design of public information symbols -- Requirements
ISO/IEC 24751-1:2008
Information technology -- Individualized adaptability and accessibility in e-learning, education and training -- Part 1: Framework and reference model
ISO/IEC 24751-2:2008
Information technology -- Individualized adaptability and accessibility in e-learning, education and training -- Part 2: "Access for all" personal needs and preferences for digital delivery
ISO/IEC 10779:2008
Information technology -- Office equipment accessibility guidelines for elderly persons and persons with disabilities
ISO 24500:2010
Ergonomics -- Accessible design -- Auditory signals for consumer products
ISO 24501:2010
Ergonomics -- Accessible design -- Sound pressure levels of auditory signals for consumer products
ISO 24502:2010
Ergonomics -- Accessible design -- Specification of age-related luminance contrast for coloured light