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Are government websites fully accessible to the disabled?

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There's a federal law--the Rehabilitation Act--requiring that federal agencies' electronic and information technology be accessible to people with disabilities. It's a law that every agency must take seriously, but many are falling short of the requirements to make web access fully available for 54 million Americans with disabilities.

We report this week on the
continuing struggles of the government to comply with the law . While most agencies are in general compliance, there are gaps with the rapid changes in technology and wider use of new online tools.

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