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Daniel
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:49 am (20 years ago) Reply with QuoteBack to Top

An investigation by the Disability Rights Commission shows that most websites are unusable by disabled people.

According to Geoff Adams-Spink, BBC News Online disability affairs reporter:

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Researchers at London's City University, who carried out the study for the DRC, also found that many web developers were unaware of what needed to be done to make sites accessible.


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"The web has been around for 10 years, yet within this short space of time it has managed to throw up the same hurdles to access and participation by disabled people as the physical world," said Mr Massie.


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