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Law School Site Sued Over Web Access Issues

Published: February 23rd 2009

The US National Federation of the Blind; its California affiliate; and a blind law school applicant, Deepa Goraya, filed a lawsuit on February 1st 2009 against the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC).

The complaint asserts that the LSAC, the body that administers the Law School Admissions Test (which most aspiring law students must take) and provides other services to law schools and law school applicants, violates the California Disabled Persons Act and the Unruh Act because the LSAC web site and LSAT preparation materials are inaccessible to blind law school applicants. The plaintiffs did attempt to meet with the LSAC to resolve the matter, but the LSAC canceled a planned meeting.

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My Valentine WordPress Theme

Published: February 6th 2009

My Valentine Screenshot A WordPress theme for Valentine’s Day with tabbed horizontal and vertical sidebar navigation. The theme uses an elastic layout, incorporates enhanced web accessibility and includes threaded comments and sticky post highlighting.

Download My Valentine from WordPress.org

Support: Quirm.net forum

Blackcurrant WordPress Theme

Published: January 28th 2009

Blackcurrant Screenshot A two-column flexible-width darker theme that incorporates enhanced web accessibility.

Customised attachment and image templates are included. Sticky post highlighting and a custom callback for threaded comments are available for WordPress 2.7 whilst comment compatibility is preserved for WordPress 2.6 or earlier.

Download Blackcurrant from wordpress.org

Support: Quirm.net forum

Sun City WordPress Theme

Published: January 10th 2009

Sun City Screenshot A darker WordPress theme that makes use of orange, green, blue and other primary colours to provide a visually rich display.

Currently used on Quirm.net.

Support: Quirm.net forum

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