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Disabled users to test websites

Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller

17 Mar 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4816118.stm

A very simple way to see if your website adheres to disability law: get someone disabled to test it. A genius business idea and incredibly important in public service web design.

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