Government Sites Fail Accessibility Test
The vast majority of government web sites are falling woefully short of their own, mandatory, accessibility guidelines according to a new survery.
Organisations which offer services on the web already have a legal duty to make their sites accessible under the UK Disability Discrimination Act. The Disability Rights Commission is empowered, by the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999, to instigate formal investigations aimed at eliminating discrimination and encouraging good practice in the treatment of disabled people.
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Formal Investigation To Focus On Web Access
One thousand websites will be investigated for their ability to be accessed by Britain’s 8.5 million disabled people in the Disability Rights Commission’s first Formal Investigation later this year.
A key aim of the investigation will be to identify recurrent barriers to web access and to help site owners and developers recognise and avoid them.
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