Posts tagged with 'disability' from 1 to 9 of 9
The Disability Discrimination Act
The RNIB has announced that it is helping visually impaired people to sue inaccessaible sites. Since 1996, it has been illegal for firms to treat di [...]
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- 24th Aug 2003
Are the disabled revolting?
An article on The Register suggests that there may be a massive revolt by disabled internet users in the aftermath of the PAS 78 document release.Th [...]
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- 12th Mar 2006
PAS 78 and how to commission an accessible website
Article at Out-Law detailing a new document called PAS 78. PAS 78: Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites is the result of a yea [...]
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- 10th Mar 2006
Blind record
A blind 34 year old Englishman has broken the downhill speed skiing record. He said:I feel absolutely amazing. It shows disability is no barrier to ac [...]
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- 14th Apr 2006
Problems with automated accessibility testing tools
An automated accessibility tool is a piece of software which can test a web page, or even an entire website, for accessibility. Some companies use t [...]
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- 25th Aug 2005
Web 2.0: A step backwards for accessibility?
In 2004 the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) undertook a survey of over 1,000 UK websites and found just 19 percent managed to reach Level 'A' of WC [...]
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- 1st Nov 2006