Government Accessibility Petition
Posted on December 5th, 2006 by Tim Almond
There’s a load of petitions floating around on the Number 10 website. I don’t know if any of them are going to get anywhere, but it seems to me that in the end, things like dropping the ban on hunting just aren’t going to happen (nor is juggling ice cream).
But there’s one that’s sensible, doesn’t cost much, is important to all, and would have cross-party support. That is that websites produced by the government are accessible to all.
This helps blind and partially sighted users to read the content, as well as other groups (see this introduction). Implementing it isn’t that difficult, if it’s thought through in the first place.
The petition is here.
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I posted my comment in the wrong place. I wondered if you meant this would abolish the need for an intranet system.
I’ll publicize this in the Blogfocus on Saturday evening, Tim.
Thanks James.
I’m going to see what my MP thinks. She’s Labour, but I see it as more of a cross-party issue.