- From: Robert P Cunningham <bob@lava.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 96 09:28 WET
- To: abigail@mars.ic.iaf.nl, snowhare@netimages.com
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
>Don't fool yourselves: Sighted people with graphical browsers are and >will remain the target audience for 99% of web pages. Page authors will >not consciously try to obstruct non-sighted people or those using >non-graphical browsers, but the vast majority of page authors are simply >not even aware of the impact of their designs on non-sighted or >non-graphical browsers.... Sooner or later, that will have to change, at least in the U.S., which will probably happen as a result of a law suit. The only surprising thing is that no such suit has yet been filed. Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that public services provided by public entities (i.e., federal, state, and local governments) must be provided in such a way that does not discriminate against disabled individuals. And most government-sponsred Web pages are being provided as a "public service".... In addition, Title I specifies that employers cannot discrminate against disabled individuals in respect to conditions of employment. [A significant number of buildings have been modified since the enactment of this law, to provide for disabled access.] The same section of that law could quite reasonably apply to intranets...
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