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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 20, 2010 6:42AM

Sounds easy enough saying to educate them but I tried unsuccessfully
with my City for 3 years before I filed a Human Rights complaint and
even that didn't bother them and all I was asking for was an alternate format.

Small Municipalities dont have the capacity or time to educate a
worker on how to make them accessible, we had to pass a law just to
get them to start making their websites accessible, premises and so
on, pdf accessibility isn't a pressing issue.

Even the Provincial Government doesn't follow its own Laws and
Guidelines when it comes to pdf accessibility.

I understand its not Adobe's fault, all the feedback to them in the
world wont change the minds of those who are at the root of the problem.

cheers

Geof