United States Dept of Justice: Make all public websites accessible to deaf-blind individuals.
United States Dept of Justice: Make all public websites accessible to deaf-blind individuals.
The Issue
The ultimate goal is to enhance the lives of deaf-blind people
everywhere by enabling them to fully access all public websites
independently. The majority of most public websites are vision based and
not fully accessible using specialized software and/or hardware. The
companies that create their websites do not have the proper deaf-blind
awareness or education that their websites are inaccessible to
deaf-blind users. I want the US government to change the current ADA
laws to include public websites for accessibility. With the proper
regulations in place, every current and future websites would have to be
designed and/or changed under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG).
I have tested the top 20 visited websites in the United States and found
that roughly 50% of these websites are below average in regards to
accessibility. This is unacceptable and must be changed. I tested these
websites using W3C WCAG1, WCAG2, and Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
I used http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US to discover the top 20
visited websites in the Unites States. Alexa.com is web information company
which tracks over 30 million websites worldwide.
Please support this important cause!
You can sign my petition by clicking here.
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Bill SpagnuoloPetition Starter
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The Issue
The ultimate goal is to enhance the lives of deaf-blind people
everywhere by enabling them to fully access all public websites
independently. The majority of most public websites are vision based and
not fully accessible using specialized software and/or hardware. The
companies that create their websites do not have the proper deaf-blind
awareness or education that their websites are inaccessible to
deaf-blind users. I want the US government to change the current ADA
laws to include public websites for accessibility. With the proper
regulations in place, every current and future websites would have to be
designed and/or changed under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG).
I have tested the top 20 visited websites in the United States and found
that roughly 50% of these websites are below average in regards to
accessibility. This is unacceptable and must be changed. I tested these
websites using W3C WCAG1, WCAG2, and Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
I used http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US to discover the top 20
visited websites in the Unites States. Alexa.com is web information company
which tracks over 30 million websites worldwide.
Please support this important cause!
You can sign my petition by clicking here.
<http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-dept-of-justice-make-all-public-websites-accessible-to-deaf-blind-individuals?utm_source=guides&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_lonely>
Thanks!

Bill SpagnuoloPetition Starter
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New York Governor
Eric H. Holder, Jr.
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Petition created on September 5, 2013


