disability discrimination act
you paraphrased, i didn't. i assumed we know the dda refers to practices that should be adopted by webmasters.
so to the point: the keywords are "reasonable" and "unreasonable", and the context follows a similarly generalised nature, thus webmasters can feel confident that they can by certain reasons fit within that criteria, provided they understand the words.
Birmingham Web Development Partnership
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?? I am guessing that you post was intended to be a reply, rather than a new thread?Cez
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I'm not sure what your point is here. To my mind all British law by definition is wooley until court cases come along and clarify the meaning, however, this does not mean that a webmaster (in this context) does not have to take steps to conform as best they can. Reasonable in my opinion means that the item has been considered in relation to the usage and benefit it will impart to users then either implemented, prepared for or not actioned.
To illustrate my point I will use my own situation. The Institute has 70k+ members and offer the largest management library in W Europe to them. Some of the service is online but a lot is still printed word. Should we then invest in devices to help the visually impaired read our books? We have considered this and not actioned anything physical, why? because there has been absolutely no demand from the limited number of visitors we receive and we can easily provide an alternative if required such as a member of staff. None of the books we loan are large print because although we provide the service it is like the web, it is up to the end user to have the technology to help.
Unreasonable would be where the intervention has not even been considered or implemented if the demand is there and I feel the best case in point would be building access.
Unreasonable will also be where an intervention has been made but which disadvantages or even makes a mockery of the disabled.
Mike Abbott
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