[gui-talk] Petition to Make Web Sites More Accessible

[Gerald Levy]

I am forwarding the follwoing message I received from someone on another 
list who is promoting a petition to make web sites more accessible for blind 
and deaf-blind computer users:


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Spagnuolo" <bspags2112 at gmail.com>
To: <jfw at lists.the-jdh.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:45 AM
Subject: Post my message to all JFW list members


> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if you can post my message below to promote my petition:
>
> I am running a Online Petition to the DOJ to make all public websites
> accessible to deaf-blind individuals. Please read why it is important 
> below and sign
> my petition. I have been working at HKNC for the last 13 years in the 
> Technology
> department and have experienced how frustrating inaccessible websites can 
> be for
> my deaf-blind students and friends. Thank you.
> The ultimate goal is to enhance the lives of deaf-blind people
>
> everywhere by enabling them to fully access all public websites
>
> independently. The majority of most public websites are vision based and
>
> not fully accessible using specialized software and/or hardware. The
>
> companies that create their websites do not have the proper deaf-blind
>
> awareness or education that their websites are inaccessible to
>
> deaf-blind users. I want the US government to change the current ADA
>
> laws to include public websites for accessibility. With the proper
>
> regulations in place, every current and future websites would have to be
>
> designed and/or changed under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
>
> (WCAG).
>
> I have tested the top 20 visited websites in the United States and found
>
> that roughly 50% of these websites are below average in regards to
>
> accessibility. This is unacceptable and must be changed. I tested these
>
> websites using W3C WCAG1, WCAG2, and Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
>
> I used _http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US_ to discover the top 20
>
> visited websites in the Unites States. Alexa.com is web information 
> company
>
> which tracks over 30 million websites worldwide.
>
> Please support this important cause!
>
> You can sign my petition by clicking here.
>
> _<http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-dept-of-justice-make-all-public-websites-accessible-to-deaf-blind-individuals?utm_source=guides&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_lonely>_
>
> Thanks!
> Bill Spagnuolo
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