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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: May 21, 2013 8:16AM

Hi Jodie,

With a title like that, I had to bite..

I'm a fan of Joomla!. IMO, at one stage it was one of the best in term
of it's over all accessibility but others have certainly come on leaps
and bounds from both a front and back end perspective. However, Drupal
is another fave. As someone said if they got together and only had
offspring...

Joomla! AFAIK, has a new (ish) accessible admin template called 'Hathor'
which is WAI-ARIA enabled IIRC. It doesn't (or didn't) have this out of
the box, like Drupal.

FWIW, I think Joomla! pips the post for ease of use over Drupal esp out
of the box for first timers, so this could be a factor for you. However,
I suggest taking them both for a spin and getting your people to test
them. Some screen reader users may find the Drupal back end more
accessible for example.

In terms of what they output they are both capable of creating
accessible content.

HTH

Josh

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