Make all websites and digital content fully accessible for Disabled and Deaf people

Campaign managed by: Pesky People

Categories: consumer issues, democracy, disability, education, employment, training and education, health, human rights, mental health, poverty, social justice

Campaign location: England

Pesky People campaigns to ensure that all digital content on line is fully accessible to all Disabled and Deaf people.

At present Digital Britain and the Digital Taskforce focus is getting the whole UK population online by 2012 people.

This fails to address that currently only 1% of Websites are fully accessible world wide, the cost of assisted technologies and the high cost of broadband access and computer equipment for people on low incomes or in benefits.

Government plans that all people applying for benefits will do so online by 2012.

18% of the UK population is Disabled as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act.

Yet with a combined UK spending power of £80 billion Disabled and Deaf people do not have the same access to online content.

This includes website providers failing to:
1. Provide Subtitling, audio description or sign language interpretation of video content
2. Provide Easy print information for people with dyslexia and/or learning disabilities
3. Work effectively with assisted technologies including screen readers for Blind / Partially sighted people
4. Ensure that flash enabled websites work with screen readers
5. Enable text to be increased in size (in proportion to the page)
6. Enable screen background to be changed in colour/text print contrast for people with dyslexia and partially sighted people
7. Provide alt tags to enable screen readers to read tab headings and image descriptions
8. Provide suitable accessible information about their products, company and access facilities (e.g. parking, induction loops, material in alternative formats)