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

[Mike Freeman]

IMO ineffective.
Mike

On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:06, "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net> wrote:

> 
> 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:
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> ----- 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
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>> companies that create their websites do not have the proper deaf-blind
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>> awareness or education that their websites are inaccessible to
>> 
>> deaf-blind users. I want the US government to change the current ADA
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>> laws to include public websites for accessibility. With the proper
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>> regulations in place, every current and future websites would have to be
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>> 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
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>> that roughly 50% of these websites are below average in regards to
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>> accessibility. This is unacceptable and must be changed. I tested these
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>> websites using W3C WCAG1, WCAG2, and Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
>> 
>> I used _http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US_ to discover the top 20
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>> visited websites in the Unites States. Alexa.com is web information company
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>> 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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