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From: Glenda
Date: Nov 18, 2004 1:18PM

What if they don't have web developers on staff?

Cheers,
Glenda

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From: darrel.austin [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:05 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] What to ask Web designers?



> It's pretty hard for someone who doesn't know anything about web
> accessibility to evaluate whether a potential contractor has the
> requisite skills in accessible web design or not

And this is probably the key point. I find the biggest failings when
companies hire out web development is that they don't actually use web
developers on staff to make the hiring decision. This is true in pretty much
any vendor-client relationship, though.

-Darrel

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