Re: Hello?

Great input Sarah, but you should believe what you are hearing, because
since I've said it, there must be others thinking it also.

Please tell us just why we should care! Hearing? Most Web sites are
quite --why would *that* matter? Cognitive/motor? What problems and how do
we adjust? --is it practical? --would it *really* create a benefit? If a
site is made to be easily usable for the widest possible audience, does that
mean making a site *less* than what it could be for the *broad* majority of
users? Should the broad majority have bland sites because of the
difficulties of a few? What is the percentage of users who require specially
designed sites compared to those that do not?

*Why* does such designing make smart business sense? What is the percentage
of people who *will or do* use the Web compared to the percentage of people
with disabilities? --because it is not the same figure.

Hey, John... like the liveliness? :)

Lauren



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Kuehnle" <sarah(at)thedesigngirl.com>
To: <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Hello?


> Wow, I can hardly believe what I'm reading here.
>
> Design for accessibility does not mean making a site usable to a person
who
> is visually impaired. It includes people of many diabilities, including
> visual, hearing, and cognitive disabilities. I wish I had the figures
beside
> me to quote from, but I know that the percentage of people with
disabilities
> in North America alone, makes designing for accessibility a smart business
> practice.
>
> Designing accessible web sites means designing for the widest audience
> possible. It means making sites intuitive, easy to use, valuable sources
of
> information, that can be accessed by anyone.
>
> I've included an article below about the values of designing accessible
web
> sites, that may help show some importance.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Sarah Kuehnle
> - Web Developer

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