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Re: # of disabled Web users

From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:21:46 -0700
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991020122146.0085fa60@mail.idyllmtn.com>
To: Carine Ullom <carine@ukans.edu>
Cc: "'Web Accessibility Initiative'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> 
At 02:16 PM 10/20/1999 -0500, Carine Ullom wrote:
>I have a "factoid" that states that 8% of *Web* users are disabled.  Any
>idea where this came from?

Georgia Tech survey of internet users.

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/

The latest numbers are:

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-1998-10/graphs/general/q12.htm

Hope that helps!

--
Kynn Bartlett <kynn@hwg.org>
President, Governing Board Member
HTML Writers Guild <URL:http://www.hwg.org>
Director, Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center
  <URL:http://aware.hwg.org/>
Received on Wednesday, 20 October 1999 15:30:31 GMT

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