Comments on: Accessibility, the Good News http://curbcut.net/standards/accessibility-the-good-news/ open and accessible Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mike http://curbcut.net/standards/accessibility-the-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-9 mike Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:53:08 +0000 http://curbcut.net/2003/12/accessibility-the-good-news/#comment-9 heh, A fast-spreading mutant strain of syphilis has proved resistant to the antibiotic pills that are offered to some patients. The increase in the mutant strain was largely among gay or bisexual men with multiple partners. heh, A fast-spreading mutant strain of syphilis has proved resistant to the antibiotic pills that are offered to some patients. The increase in the mutant strain was largely among gay or bisexual men with multiple partners.

]]> By: Christopher Phillips http://curbcut.net/standards/accessibility-the-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Christopher Phillips Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:30:08 +0000 http://curbcut.net/2003/12/accessibility-the-good-news/#comment-8 Matt, Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you, although I am not as familiar with accessibility laws in the UK, I read over a brief article on your site and would agree with all of your comments made above as being factors. I apreciated your choice of words in describing some of the motivations behind accessible web design, 'vital', 'moral' and 'inspired.' Hopefully more and more developers are making the extra effort to make their content accessible for these reasons. However, I would tend to go with a somewhat more pessimistic view that outside of a small community, the majority of accessible web design is driven primarily by profit, evolving standards and professional development/credibility. Matt,
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you, although I am not as familiar with accessibility laws in the UK, I read over a brief article on your site and would agree with all of your comments made above as being factors.

I apreciated your choice of words in describing some of the motivations behind accessible web design, ‘vital’, ‘moral’ and ‘inspired.’ Hopefully more and more developers are making the extra effort to make their content accessible for these reasons. However, I would tend to go with a somewhat more pessimistic view that outside of a small community, the majority of accessible web design is driven primarily by profit, evolving standards and professional development/credibility.

]]> By: Matt http://curbcut.net/standards/accessibility-the-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Matt Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:47:55 +0000 http://curbcut.net/2003/12/accessibility-the-good-news/#comment-7 In the UK I reckon the following factors have been significant for the change in profile of accessibility: - the 1995 DDA - the active pursuit of high accessibility standards by the RNIB and other pioneering organisations like the Employers Forum on Disability and the Disability Rights Commission - awareness by a growing number of web developers that accessibility is a vital, moral and even legal aspect of their business offering - inspired clients who commission accessible sites as part of their corporate responsibility strategy. In the UK I reckon the following factors have been significant for the change in profile of accessibility:

- the 1995 DDA

- the active pursuit of high accessibility standards by the RNIB and other pioneering organisations like the Employers Forum on Disability and the Disability Rights Commission

- awareness by a growing number of web developers that accessibility is a vital, moral and even legal aspect of their business offering

- inspired clients who commission accessible sites as part of their corporate responsibility strategy.

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