[thelist] RE: PHP & Accessibility

Andre Genic g3nic at lycos.co.uk
Thu Aug 21 11:09:41 CDT 2003


Thanks for the suggestions so far, as for why I raised this subject, I've
been reading with interest about accessibility via .NET a UK internet mag,
whether they are spicing things up to create a sort of panic I don't know.

This is just one of s stream of articles they have been running for several
months.

Article as follows: (page 18 in the September issue)

RNIB sues sites "Beware the Disability Discrimination Act"

The RNIB has announced that it is helping visually impaired people to sue
inaccessible sites - a development that should make e-commerce site owners
sit up and take notice.

Since 1996, it's been illegal for firms to treat disabled people unfairly,
and it was confirmed in 2002 that the law - the Disability Discrimination
Act, or DDA - applies to online services, too.

So far, no UK sites have been sued, but that has changed: In early July, the
RNIB confirmed that it is supporting a number of individuals in their legal
cases against firms that have failed to make their sites accessible for
visually impaired users.

www.rnib.org.uk

As for the tables I use to display data, they are a mess, and I mean a mess,
perhaps it's time I dabbled with CSS to generate tables, perhaps there
should be some clear definitions and guidelines for developers and I mean in
a definitive way, perhaps their is already, and I've completely missed it.

But I would sooner make sites that are accessible, there would be nothing
worse than getting a big client, developing their site, only for them to get
sued, after all it all comes back to the developer.

Andre.

P.S. Is there any sites you can think of off hand that are 100% accesible,
links would be greatly appreciated.



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