[Irl-dean] Proposals for Core Elements of Disability Legislation

[Feel The BenefIT]

Hi, Barry and all,

Yes, it sure is a great irony that the NDA, of all organisations, only makes
its documents available in PDF format.  I was involved at an early stage in
the design of their web site and document management system,.  One the the
items which was high on the list of priorities was making information
available in alternative formats.

Apart from this they seem to have made a good fist at accessibility on the
site.

of course, I got the document in the post directly from NDA - on paper!
Anyone who knows that I am blind will know how useful that is.

Thanks to Barry for doing the conversion.


Take care,

Gerry Ellis
t/a Feel The BenefIT

Tel   (0353-1) 618-7225
email gerry.ellis at feelthebenefit.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry McMullin" <mcmullin at eeng.dcu.ie>
To: <irl-dean at list.eeng.dcu.ie>
Cc: <mcmullin at eeng.dcu.ie>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: [Irl-dean] Proposals for Core Elements of Disability Legislation


> Hi Folks -
>
> Just in case it passed anybody else by, I only noticed in the
> last week that the report of the Disability Legislation
> Consultation Group had appeared on the NDA web site.  It is
> available for download from page:
>
>
http://www.nda.ie/CntMgmt.nsf/Category/ED016DCF05B653CB80256C790068FD6E?Open
Document
>
> However, in one of those ironies that many members of this list
> will find familiar, it is available only in PDF format.  It's not
> that I think PDF is the work of the devil or anything, but I
> don't think it works well as a sole format for electronic
> distribution.  But without wishing to stir a full debate on that,
> I have taken the liberty of hacking out a plain text version,
> which is now available at:
>
> http://eaccess.rince.ie/white-papers/2003/dlcg-feb-2003/DLCG.txt
>
> Of course, the original PDF version should be preferred for
> anybody who wants hardcopy - but watch out for the fact that a
> couple of pages have been repeated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Barry.
>
> --
> Barry McMullin
> http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~mcmullin/
>
>
>
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