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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Wed, Jan 03 2007 11:10 PM
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Not sure what you mean by the business requirements. Do you mean the
function the product is to meet?
I don't think that there is a requirement to buy a product that is
accessible that doesn't meet the purchase specs as long as they are
legitimate.
Is that what you mean?
Gregg
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I'm curious - is it your assumption that accessibility should trump the
business requirements as well?
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Hmmmm
I believe that accessibility is in fact a civil rights issue. So it would
trump other factors - up to the undue burden line.
However, it is not always possible, so it is not absolute. The government
will need to buy things that are not accessible if accessible versions do
not exist or are not up to the task at all. And even our guidelines do not
make things accessible to all.
But accessibility is not just another factor in the purchasing process. As
far as I understand, it was / is a fundamental decision that the congress
made that the federal electronic workplace be accessible to people with
disabilities when it is not an undue burden.
That is how I understand it as well.
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