After Geldof's faux pas this month of offering Live8 tickets by text, thereby excluding visually impaired people from applying, it's good to see other arts organisations giving more thought to disability access issues, writes Susan Smillie.
The British Film Institute today unveiled its redesigned website which it says makes its 30,000 pages more accessible to all. The bfi says it's determined to reach a wide range of people, "regardless of their disabilities or how they use the web". To that end, it's had the site tested by blind and partially sighted users and has followed guidelines from the world wide web consortium to ensure that the finished product gets it right.
It's not just about complying with the Disability Discrimination Act, though: the redesign is also aimed at finding as wide an audience as possible to navigate its shiny new site - which, it has to be said, does look pretty good. Take a gander yourself.
