A year-long study by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) has found that 81% of public web sites in the UK fail to meet the minimum standards for disabled web users. Many everyday online activities such as shopping, managing bank accounts or booking holidays are difficult or even impossible for many disabled web users, according to the report.

The DRC tested a thousand UK web sites using automated software and one hundred web sites were subjected to detailed user testing, including e-commerce, business, government, leisure and search engine sites.

The worst affected disabled group were those with visual impairments, with many blind people unable to perform the tasks given to them.

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