Will:
Take a look at the articles below. What you are looking for may become
an evolutionary step in the design of web pages both by legislation and
W3C standards.
John O
"New U.S. law requires Web sites to become 'handicapped accessible'
Webmasters, Uncle Sam wants you to change your Web site to make it more
accessible to those who are blind, deaf and otherwise disabled. And for
some, it's not a suggestion: it's the law.
The new rules are mandated by a little-known provision, Section 508 of
the Workforce Investment Act enacted by Congress last year.
The new rules will apply within a few months to all Web sites operated
by government agencies, the government has announced. By Aug. 7, 2000,
they will also extend to vendors doing business with the federal
government.
Possibly soon afterward they may extend to every Web site posted in the
U.S., in the view of at least two members of the Electronic and
Information Technology Access Advisory Committee."
<http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/4/30handicapaccess.asp>
Also take a look at Jakob Nielsen's article which says in-part::
"Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach
It has gotten much easier to advise people on making it possible for
users with disabilities to use a website: just follow the official Web
Accessibility Initiative Standard (WAI) from the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C).
The new design standard includes many of the elements known to enhance
the usability of a UI standard, including a clear checklist and specific
technical implementation instructions. The only thing missing is an
ample set of examples. Maybe the W3C was hindered by their status as an
"official" organization and felt unable to use screenshots of current
corporate websites as examples of discrimination against users with
disabilities."
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990613.html>
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