Disability Rights Commission web accessibility study points to a need for training
Added on Monday 18 Aug 2003
The latest E-Access Bulletin has an article about the most recent findings from the Disability Rights Commission's web accessibility study. There was a poor response among organisations participating in the study to the quesion 'How interested is your company in web accessibility?' - and those who did respond showed a lack of awareness of the issues. The investigation team conclude that there is a need for more training in this area.
Interestingly in response to questions about the usefulness of the W3C access guidelines the view seems to be that they are hard to follow; one respondent described the guidelines as 'gobbledygook'.
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p>The study is being carried out by Helen Petrie, professor of Human Computer Interaction at City University's School of Informatics.