- From: <Andrew_Arch/Kooyong/AFTB%AFTB%WEBACTION@webaction.bigpond.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:46:14 +1000
- To: "Shawn Lawton Henry" <shawn@w3.org>
- Cc: wai-eo-editors@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.
Andrew likes the term "functional limitations" as can include the elderly,
injured, and PWD
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Andrew
_________________________________
Dr Andrew Arch
Manager Online Accessibility Consulting
National Information & Library Service, Australia
Ph 613 9864 9222; Fax 613 9864 9210; Mobile 0438 755 565
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Member, Education & Outreach Working Group,
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/
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Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, The Royal Blind Society of NSW,
and Vision Australia Foundation.
Received on Sunday, 20 June 2004 18:33:42 UTC