- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:07:24 -0600
- To: "Chetz Colwell" <c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I think the issue is not how many people with disabilities are using the WWW, but how many could if it was more accessible. I compare the WWW to a public building. If there were no ramps into buildings or curbcuts on the sidewalks to get to the building you will never see a wheelchair user in the building. If the WWW is not more accessible to people with certain types of disabilities they will not use it very much. In todays information oriented society people with disabilities ideally need to have the same access to information technology as their able-bodied peers. Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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