Associations and organisations
Accessibility for associations and organisations – which law applies to you?
It depends on what the organisation does. If you sell courses, tickets or goods to consumers online, the Swedish Accessibility Act (LPTT) can apply. If you offer services to the public or organise public events, the Discrimination Act applies. If most of the organisation's money comes from the public sector, it can in some cases be covered by the DOS Act.
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The laws
Which laws apply to your organisation?
There is no specific accessibility law for associations and organisations. What you do online decides which laws apply, not the legal form.
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Selling online
If you sell courses, event tickets or goods to consumers online, that is an e-commerce service under the Accessibility Act. Microenterprises are exempt: fewer than ten employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet total of no more than 2 million euros. PTS supervises.
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Services and events
Anyone who offers services to the public or organises a public event must not disadvantage people with disabilities through inadequate accessibility, under the Discrimination Act. The requirement is reasonable measures. DO supervises.
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Public funding
An organisation that meets needs in the general interest and is mostly funded by the state, a municipality or a region can count as a body governed by public law and be covered by the DOS Act. The organisation makes the assessment itself.
Sources
- Lag (2023:254) om vissa produkters och tjänsters tillgänglighet
- PTS – Lagen om vissa produkters och tjänsters tillgänglighet
- Diskrimineringslag (2008:567)
- DO – Diskriminering inom varor, tjänster och bostäder
- Lag (2018:1937) om tillgänglighet till digital offentlig service
- Digg – Vilka omfattas av DOS-lagen?
How Selma helps
How Selma helps associations and organisations
See where you stand today
Start with the pages members and visitors use most: join, donate, event registration and contact. Selma Scanning tests one page at a time against WCAG 2.1 AA and shows what to fix first.
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Let visitors adapt the site themselves
Selma Widget lets visitors increase contrast, enlarge text and stop moving content, without changing the site for everyone else. It also improves focus and keyboard navigation right in the visitor's browser.
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Keep your domain accessible over time
News, campaigns and events bring new pages and new issues. Selma Bevakning reviews your whole domain every week against WCAG 2.2 AA, and whoever runs your website gets a code fix for every issue.
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Common questions about accessibility for associations and organisations
- Does the Accessibility Act apply to non-profit organisations?
- The act looks at the service, not the legal form. If the organisation sells goods or services to consumers online, such as courses, event tickets or products in an online shop, it can be covered. Microenterprises are exempt: fewer than ten employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet total of no more than 2 million euros.
- What does the Discrimination Act say about accessibility?
- Anyone who sells services to the public or organises a public event must not disadvantage people with disabilities through inadequate accessibility. The requirement is reasonable measures, weighing in among other things requirements in other laws and your financial and practical circumstances. The Equality Ombudsman (DO) supervises, and a person who is disadvantaged can be entitled to discrimination compensation.
- Can the DOS Act apply to an organisation?
- Yes, in some cases. The DOS Act applies to bodies governed by public law: organisations that meet needs in the general interest and are mostly funded by, controlled by, or have more than half their board appointed by the state, a municipality or a region. The organisation makes the assessment itself.
- Why does accessibility matter for a membership organisation?
- You reach more members, donors and participants when everyone can use your site. For organisations that represent people with disabilities, patients or older people, it is also a matter of trust: the site has to work for the people you exist for.
- Can an accessibility widget help us?
- Yes, it can make things much easier for visitors. Selma Widget lets them adjust text, contrast and motion to their needs, and automatically fixes some issues right in the visitor's browser: it improves focus and keyboard navigation, adds information that screen readers need and gives images without alternative text a description. It does not necessarily take you all the way. Issues in the source code, in documents and in services on other domains, such as a donation or payment service, have to be fixed where they are. That is why the widget works best together with reviews and fixes in the code.
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See how your domain holds up
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