Disabled users to test websites

An organisation called Usability Exchange is leading a scheme to promote the testing of websites by disabled people. Story on the BBC site. [...]

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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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access and inclusion for disabled people. [...]

Government sites fail web tests

A report on the BBC website statesMore than half of government and council websites contain errors and cause problems for disabled people, research [...]

Designing HTML emails

Article on designing HTML emails, covers points like images are disabled, whether to use CSS or tables (!) and Five Things to Avoid. [...]

Access 2.0 interviews

The ongoing interviews with disabled web-users at Access 2.0 make for great reading. They provide such a valuable insight into how people with disabil [...]

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 [...]

RNIB accreditation for accessible council website

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council's website has won a prestigious award for its commitment to making information accessible to the disabled, si [...]

RNIB investigates Ryanair's online offering

The RNIB says that Ryanair appears to be offering disabled passengers a lower standard of service when they book over its website. If proved, Ryanai [...]

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The nation's online wish list

Interesting survey by Directgov which sought to find the most wished-for online services currently unavailable. The top answers were:'No show' truancy [...]

Petition for accessible government websites

I recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "ensure that any website launched by the government complies with accessibility standar [...]

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