[LINK] Beijing Games Website Discriminates Against the Disabled

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Tom Worthington wrote:
> The E-Access Bulletin: Issue 104, August 2008 
> <http://www.headstar.com/eab/ > reports "Beijing Games Website 
> Inaccessible On Multiple Counts".
>
> The item mentions the accessibility case for the Sydney 2000 
> Olympics. A summary of my expert evidence on the accessibility of the 
> SOCOG site for the human rights commission is 
> available  <http://www.tomw.net.au/2000/mvs.html>. I summarized this 
> in a presentation to BOCOG in Beijing in 2003, with recommendations 
> for accessibility: <http://www.tomw.net.au/2003/bws.html>.
>   
Tom,

Any particular thoughts why they did not take your advice?

BTW, are the accessibility "rules" for the internet different from those 
that might apply to say TV, radio, film or print media?

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
rd at iimetro.com.au