Web accessibility tips
Howard Lake | 18 April 2000 | News
The Disability Rights Commission was launched today in London.
The Disability Rights Commission was launched today in London. People with disabilities use the Web in large numbers, so why do so many Web site owners, including charities, make it so difficult for them to use their sites? As well as restricting the number of supporters or customers who can access the site, such organisations might also fall foul of the law, both in the US and UK. In the USA, for example, the National Federation of the Blind sued America Online Inc. for “failing to provide access to its site for the disabled.”
Read practical advice in Web blind spots by Lisa Vaas at PC Week, and view UK Fundraising’s coverage of the issue.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.