Eighty one per cent of FTSE 100 companies do not comply
with guidelines on making websites accessible for disabled users, a
survey has found.
Overall, 57% of the large UK companies surveyed by web application
supplier LB Icon failed to meet three or more criteria set by the
World Wide Web Consortium for ensuring equal access to
websites.
Businesses have to make reasonable adjustments to the services they
deliver for disabled customers under the Disability Discrimination
Act . Part three of the Act came into force on 1 October.
Organisations with an online presence are expected to take measures
such as converting text into speech, making forms accessible and
providing text equivalents for important images.
IT managers can use two free programs, Bobby and Wave, to check
whether their websites comply with the Disability Discrimination
Act.
