New Standards for Website Access
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| Title: | New Standards for Website Access (ID: CSD4427) | |
| Author(s): | Geoff Adams-Spink (BBC) | |
| Topics: | Access for Persons with Disabilities, Web Accessibility | |
| Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | |
| Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | |
| Abstract: | Following a 2004 report from the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), which estimated that 80 percent of Web sites present obstacles to users with disabilities, the British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued new guidelines covering accessibility. A law passed in 1999 requires U.K. organizations to make their Web sites accessible, and the new guidelines provide definitions and advice about how Web site operators can comply with that law. The DRC said that users with disabilities spend an estimated 80 billion British pounds every year, noting that businesses with accessible Web sites are more likely to see some of that spending. Mike Low, director of BSI, echoed those thoughts, saying that as access to all users is expanded, the new ruling will be a "win-win situation" for vendors and consumers. | |
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