A great deal of consideration was given to barrier-free access when the Beijing Paralympic website was designed. The website is designed according to W3C's guidelines on Web accessibility, so people with a disability who use Web browsing tools will be able to navigate the website with ease. Meanwhile, both the English and Chinese versions of the website include a Web browsing tool, Easy Web Browsing, which aids people with a visual impairment by reading website text out loud and allowing users to adjust the text size. The Beijing Paralympic website is the first Paralympic website to ever offer barrier-free information service.

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Paralympic.beijing2008.cn, was launched on Friday, May 29, on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the start of the event.

he website's Paralympic Spirit, Image and Look, Paralympic Culture, Ceremonies and Education pages offer information on the history and development of the Paralympic Games and showcase the athletic careers of athletes with a disability from China and around the world.

Netizens can see exciting photos and videos of competitions from the Paralympic Games as part of the website's enhanced multimedia content.

Designed by Sohu.com, the official Internet Content Provider for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games incorporates the experiences of websites from past Paralympic Games and input from domestic and foreign experts, as well as the actual needs of the Beijing Paralympic Games, to create a high-quality Paralympic information platform.

(BOCOG May 30, 2008)