08-20-2007, 12:03 PM
Quote:Today we live in a Web 2.0 world. The Internet has been overtaken by pastels, Web sites are designed using advanced Ajax techniques, navigation is never consistent, and drop down menus are making it harder to navigate a Web site without the use of a mouse. The Internet may be a lot more appealing visually, but it is harder to navigate, especially for Internet users classified as disabled.
It's difficult to come by an accurate estimation of just how many disabled Internet users are living in the United Kingdom, but we do know that disabled Web users include the millions of people around the world who are legally blind, deaf, colourblind, epileptic, dyslexic or who suffer from any other kind of disability that makes browsing Web pages more difficult than it is for the average surfer.
As a site owner, it's your responsibility to make sure you are creating sites that are accessible to all Web users, regardless of their special needs. And in today's society, it's not just a question of ethics, it's the law...
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