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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: May 10, 2005 1:55AM

>Workshop on Designing Accessible Website - June 16, 2005 at Bangalore


Does it come with complementary tickets? I prefer Emirates!


>> People with disabilities comprise of approximately 600 million or 10% of the
>> world population that form a potential market which is untapped.
>> Don't IGNORE this market.........


I hate this argumentation. "Don't block out these visitors" would be
much more appropriate. If the stance on accessibility is that people
only become noteworthy because of their financial potential then you
might as well add "Only rich people" signs to restaurants.

-- Chris Heilmann
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