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1227 of 1999 required the Arkansas Department of Information
Systems to develop Non-visual Standards for Arkansas that
ensures the needs of Arkansans who are blind or visually
impaired are met through reasonable accommodation in the
information technology products and services of the state.
Information technology products and services include data,
voice, and video technologies, as well as information
dissemination methods such as the Internet.
In
essence, this means that Arkansas Government or state
funded entities must have websites that are equally
accessible to blind or visually impaired visitors. For
instance, websites must provided text equivalents for
all non-text elements such as images, animation, audio
and video. We will make every effort to comply with
these new guidelines on the State of Arkansas website.
If you have trouble accessing or navigating state government
pages, please contact info@ark.org.
For
more information about IT policies and standards in
Arkansas, link to the State of Arkansas Strategic Information
Technology Plan. For the specific information regarding
web development and accessibility issues, link to W3C
Web Content Guidelines or the
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST).
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