Disability Rights Commission Report In 2004 the Disability
Rights Commission produced a report entitled "The Web: Access
and Inclusion for Disabled People". In it, they concluded that:
"Most websites (81%) fail to satisfy the most basic Web
Accessibility Initiative category. In addition, the results of
the evaluations undertaken by disabled users show that they have
characteristics that make it very difficult, if not impossible,
for people with certain impairments, especially those who are
blind, to make use of the services provided. This results both
from lack of interest and knowledge on the part of website
developers, and from perceived commercial obstacles to
accessibility on the part of website commissioners,
notwithstanding that anecdotal evidence suggests that this
concern is misplaced." They also noted that: - Few (19%)
websites comply even with the lowest priority Checkpoints for
accessibility. - All categories of disabled user consider that
site designs take insufficient account of their specific ne