# Web accessibility tips

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/04/18/web-accessibility-tips/
- Published: 2000-04-18T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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](http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2505714,00.html)
by Lisa Vaas at PC Week, and view UK Fundraising’s coverage of the issue.

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