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From: Iain Harrison
Date: Sep 30, 2004 12:48PM

Thursday, September 30, 2004, 5:49:25 PM, michael.brockington wrote:

> Of much more interest would be if someone is sued for a breach, and then the
> breach disappears from the WCAG before the case comes to court.

Disability legislation has a long history in the UK. For several
decades, employers have been required to reserve a proportion of
jobs for disabled people. It is fair to say that almost none have
done so.

What has been done about it? You guessed it: nothing!

The DDA may help companies wake up to the advantages of
standards-compliant web sites, but so far, the only company that has
asked us to do a WAI-compliant site was a multinational chain.

We do them without being asked, though!


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Iain