Accessibility legislation proposed
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English - October 06, 2021 20:09 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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New legislation which would require accessibility barriers to be removed could be on the way, if an accessibility advocacy group has its way. Accessibility legislation is increasingly appearing in countries around the world and work is underway to introduce something similar here. Currently disabled people in New Zealand have no effective way to report barriers to their participation fully in society, or get them removed, and there's no one agency to identify and deal with non-compliance.