[LINK] Disabled users struggle to access FTSE 100 sites

[Howard Lowndes]

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It appears that Australia is not alone in its lack of accessibility.
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http://theregister.co.uk/content/6/35000.html

Nine in ten of the UK's top companies are failing to make their Web
sites accessible to people with disabilities. 

A study by Web accessibility consultancy Nomensa found that many FTSE
100 companies simply fail to consider matters of accessibility when
creating their corporate Web sites. 

It found that almost 90 per cent of sites failed basic levels of
accessibility making it difficult - or even impossible - for some people
to access information on these sites. 

A Web site is deemed "accessible" if anyone can use it regardless of
their abilities or the technology they use.

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