Web Owners warned (continued):
........."It also means a technological lockout from chat rooms and web forums, from recruitment opportunities that are increasingly happening through the web, and education and information services that have had an increased profile."
The DRC recommendations for making the web more accessible at a relatively modest price included the adoption of formal policies to meet the needs of disabled people and the involvement at an early stage of disabled users in web design.
The DRC survey conducted with, the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design at City University , London , subjected 100 sites to detailed evaluation by users with a range of impairments. Researchers also canvassed the views of more than 700 businesses that had commissioned websites and nearly 400 website developers.
By Alexandra Frean
Social Affairs Correspondent - the Times 14/04/04
