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From: webaim@profwebsite.com
Date: May 10, 2005 5:24AM

>From my own experience, in the UK, I find difficulty using the LEGAL
argument; because in the UK no Website owner has yet been legally
challenged under our Disability Discrimination Act - that's the
impression I get. Yet owners continue to disregard accessibility
issues on their Sites.
In my opinion, we could really benefit from a high profile Court case
like the legendary "Maquire Versus the Commonwealth Games".

When approached, by email, a spokesperson from the RNIB agreed with
my concern about the lack of action against non compliant Websites
but said this had been expected. I was surprised!

This has been my experience. Hope it helps.

Regards
Joe Bosher