- From: <Andrew.Arch@visionaustralia.org.au>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:33:56 +1000
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/intro
Suggested amendments in [ ]:
What is Web Accessibility
Web accessibility is making the Web usable by everyone,
regardless of disability.
[Web accessibility means a Web that people with disabilities
can use. It also benefits most other Web users - and
developers, and organisations, and ... ... ...]
Web accessibility focuses on designing [pages and
applications] so that people with disabilities can use the
Web effectively. For example, some people cannot use a mouse
[while others cannot see the screen and its graphics]. Web
accessibility ensures that the Web can be used with only a
keyboard and does not require a mouse, [and information is
contained solely in images]. [An accessible site is also
likely to be more usable on mobile devices than inaccessible sites??]
More specifically, the goal of Web accessibility is that
people with visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive,
and [or ('and' implies a person with multiple disabilities
only)] neurological disabilities can perceive, understand,
navigate, and interact with the Web.
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And just to note that I like the term "functional limitations" as can
include the elderly, injured, and PWD
Andrew
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Dr Andrew Arch
Manager Online Accessibility Consulting
National Information & Library Service, Australia
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and Vision Australia Foundation.
Received on Sunday, 20 June 2004 18:38:47 UTC