RE: FN-FORUM: Websites for the disabled

date posted 8th January 2008 10:33


>There are no legal requirements that web sites must meet for the disabled.
Please note I'm not saying designers should >not make their sites
accessible, to do so is a good idea as an accessible site has lots of
benefits, I'm just saying >there is no legal requirement for you to do so.

Really? Thats not what most lawyers would tell you. One of my clients is the
biggest grant making charity outside of London - meaning they source money /
set-up legacy funds etc and distribute this to community groups and
charities. As i work very closely with them i know that they have consulted
all the appropriate people and experts regarding this matter.

The outcome is most definitely this (concise version):

Every effort MUST e made to ensure that your website (along with any other
public facet of the company) is made appropriately accessible to all members
of the public.

In Laymans terms:

You must do as much as is reasonably possibly to make your website
accessible to all people. Therefore a large International company should
have a very large budget and resource dedicated to making their website
accessible. However a local church group probably has its website made by a
group member, and therefore it is ok for their website to not be that
accessible.

Obviously this is paraphrasing but is intended to show that its actual a
legal requirement to make your website appropriately accessible for its /
the organisations size and position in the market place.

Phill
Munklefish