Re: Something to think of when you have a problem accessing web sites

You're welcome! I agree that its buried in anti-discrimination law, but
the last sentence seems fairly unambiguous.
 > navigated and read by everyone, regardless of location, experience, or
 > the type of computer technology used. "
LS

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 06:57:52AM +1100 or thereabouts, Rick Miles wrote:
> Thanks for those two replies. I haven't had time to look closely but it seems 
> that disability discrimination is the closest to law as it gets but it seems 
> that it would be to do with denial of access to those disabled and that a 
> link to sites only useable with specific proprietary software only is not 
> clearly defined and would only be by implication that it such a site denies 
> access.
> 
> Laurie Savage is a darn nice person I don't care what anybody says!
> > Sorry I should have included this interesting passage from
> > http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html#s1_2
> >
> > "In its most general sense, accessible web design refers to the
> > philosophy and practice of designing web pages so that they can be
> > navigated and read by everyone, regardless of location, experience, or
> > the type of computer technology used. "
> >
> >    Copyright © Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2002
> 

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