The Web is the
fastest-adopted technology in history.
For people with disabilities,
it's sometimes a "mixed blessing":
- It is displacing traditional
sources of information & interaction --
- schools, libraries,
print materials, discourse of the workplace.
- some of the traditional
resources were accessible; some not.
- The Web is becoming
a key, but sometimes inaccessible, resource for:
- news, information,
commerce, entertainment
- classroom education,
distance learning
- job searching,
and workplace interaction
- civic participation
-- laws, voting, government information, services
- An accessible Web
will mean unprecedented access to information for people with disabilities.