RE: FN-FORUM: Websites for the disabled

date posted 8th January 2008 11:38

-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Brendan Oliver [EMAIL REMOVED]
wdesign.com>=0D=0A> Sent: 08 January 2008 11:30=0D=0A> To: "FN-FORUM / gary=
@garyshort.org" [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Websites=
for the disabled=0D=0A> =0D=0A> So a business that has provides a service =
through a physical premises=0D=0A> and has a website is governed different=
ly under this legislation that a=0D=0A> purely web based business??=0D=0A=
=0D=0ANope, they are both governed the same. If the chap who has the web si=
te offers a service and that service is only available via the web then it =
must be accessible. If he/she offers the service by other means, say teleph=
one, then the site does not have to be accessible.=0D=0A=0D=0AIf the chap w=
ho has the physical premises makes his premises accessible then his site ne=
ed not be accessible, though I would argue it would be cheaper to make the =
site accessible. However, the point still remains, provided a disabled pers=
on can access the service via one mechanism then the service provider has c=
omplied with the act. That mechanism does not have to be his web site (thou=
gh it often is).=0D=0A=0D=0A-- =0D=0ACheers,=0D=0AGary=0D=0Ahttp://www.gary=
short.org=0D=0A=0D=0A