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Re: Can you believe this? part 2!

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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Nov 21, 2006 3:20AM

Gareth Dart wrote:
> It's probably worthwhile pointing out to them that as owners of a
> non-DDA compliant website, they are opening themselves to possible
> legal action.

Tried that! The answer was that removing the scrolling text for the
benefit of a minority would be like removing all the stairs to put in
wheelchair ramps. I haven't written back yet but I intend to point out
that the trick is to provide both stairs *and* access ramps.

The village council or whoever is holding the purse
> strings ought to care about that, even if the developer doesn't.

I sent the original e-mail to the editorial team rather than the
developer himself in the hope that they might have something to say
about it; but either they didn't see the e-mail or they really don't
have any idea.

> there not also a village rag to whom a sternly worded letter may be
> addressed? Disability discrimination is _NOT_ irrelevant.

There is a village newsletter and they are pushing the website so it
might be worth writing (of course there is no guarantee they will
publish the letter).

> The reply is also just plain rude, btw.

I thought so. When I replied to it I had to rewrite several times to
calm down from "your attitude is old fashioned, arrogant and
blinkered..." to "you must agree that a village website should be
accessible to all members of the village regardless of ability or
disability?" :-)

Penny