Disability Rights Commission find most sites unusable by disabled people
Added on Wednesday 14 Apr 2004
Disability Rights Commission (DRC) tested a 1000 websites and found that most were not accessible to disabled people.
19 per cent of home pages passed W3C WCAG level 'A' , 0.2 per cent passed 'AA', (2 sites from 1000) and no sites passed 'AAA'.
Those who are blind or have a visual impairment were found to have the most problems accessing the content and services on websites.
Website owners were warned by Bert Massie, the chairman of the DRC, to improve accessibility or be prepared to face legal action.
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