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- Design Week
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- December 11, 2008
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A British Standard draft on Web design should improve online accessibility for the disabled, but not all designers are happy, says Tom Banks
A new BSI draft on Web accessibility for disabled people has been produced that will change the way digital consultancies and Web development groups operate in the future.
Design groups are already required to consider the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the World Wide Web Consortium (known as W3C) guidelines when designing websites.
Now, according to Julie Howell, chairwoman of the committee responsible for the draft (BS 8878, titled Web Accessibility - Building Accessible Experiences for ...