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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Apr 19, 2012 9:31PM

I'm curious about this.

When I say Automatic Accessibility, I'm referring to a combination of Universal Design (equally accessible for all) and Inclusive Design (integrated accessibility within mainstream applications). I adopted the term Automatic Accessibility because it's more descriptive and easier for people to understand who aren't already familiar with the terms Universal and Inclusive design.

So when I refer to Automatic Accessibility for web technologies, I'm talking about the incorporation of automatically accessible processes at the bedrock level of enterprise development. This way, new technologies can be built that include accessible features automatically, and everyone wins.

Is there something wrong with this idea?