RE: Hello?

Can I suggest that the recent Forrester Report provides compelling business
data for supporting web accessibility....if you have an account there, you
can download the article, "Design Accessible Sites Now".

Regards,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-aware-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-aware-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Mike Livsey
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 5:13 PM
> To: aware-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Re: Hello?
>
>
> According to the US Census, disabilities affect one-fifth of all
> Americans and 1
>
> in 10 have a severe disability. Do these people surf the web?
> They sure do.
>
> You can read the report at:
> http://www.census.gov/prod/3/97pubs/cenbr975.pdf
>
> Mike Livsey
>
>
>
> Lauren Hanka wrote:
>
> > 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
>
>
>

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