28 November 2006

Accessible websites offer many individuals a better standard of life, one campaigner has claimed.

Disabled persons often rely on technology to complete everyday tasks and could be excluded by websites with poor levels of accessibility, warned Anne Evans, writing in non-commercial publication Indy Bay.

Ms Evans states that offering accessible web pages also "makes good business sense", as retailers would generate extra sales from disabled Internet users.

"Accessibility is the law, but it also makes sure that all persons can live a more rewarding life," remarked Ms Evans.

"Accessibility means civil rights for disabled persons. Civil rights that are long overdue."

Ms Evans is also campaigning for shoppers to boycott Target, the US retailer recently taken to court by the National Federation for the Blind, as the company argued that accessibility laws only applied to physical space, not the Internet.

The campaigner has worked for many years in the field of disability and also suffers from a physical impairment, according to a recent article in Indy Bay.

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