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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 11, 2012 10:09AM

Another reason I try to come up with, as often as I can, is that it is
not hard to make adjustments to inaccessible websites. People simply
have to do things a, b, c and d, and they've fixed a decent percentage
of the website and make it work.
So not only is it desireable, the responsible thing to do, but it's
not that hard.
Of course saying that requires a lot of skill, and a statement like
that really has to be one that you can back it up with quick samples
or work arounds, but it seems to work beautifully when dealing with
mainstream web developers with limited time, increasingly
cost-conscious clients and relying to a larger extent on CMS or
another type of inexpensive way to produce multiple websites
efficiently.
Good discussion, all points are more than welcome.
-B

On 6/11/12, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ryan Hemphill
>>Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 8:35 AM
>>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Elevator speeches about accessibility
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>>I have a thought - you might not like it...but consider it for a moment.
>>
>>I didn't get into web design to do social work.
>>I also didn't do it simply because there was money in it. (no designers I
>> know
>>would ever quote that as a reason.)
>>
>>So why DID I do it? It can be stressful. It requires me to be
>> ever-vigilant
>>about new tech and whether or not I ought to learn it, which would take
>> away
>>free time from other activities in life. It often involves marketing
>>professionals - also a peeve of most designers - and all the emails,
>>suggestions and other 'requests' they send my way.
>>
>>So again - why do it?
>>
>>
>>The answer is simple - because it is stimulating and fun for me to be
>>CREATIVE and learn things that allow me to be MORE CREATIVE.
>>
>>In short:
>>
>>CREATIVITY = FUN = COMPELLING REASON FOR WEB DESIGN CAREER.
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>>
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>>My belief? Forget the altruism. Forget the money. Focus on the
>> creativity,
>>because at the core of their passion, THAT is why they do web design. You
>>want to get their attention? Show them how accessibility can be wicked
>>creative, cool and/or fun to execute.
>>
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>>That's my two...
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>>
>>Ryan
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>>On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Scott González
>>< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>>> > Then I reel off the statistics (one in five Americans have a
>>> > disability, one in 10 have a serious disability, more than 20% of
>>> > people with disabilities live in poverty), and talk about how in the
>>> > modern world, being disenfranchised on the web is the same as being
>>> > disenfranchised in the world.
>>> >
>>>
>>> These numbers are higher than I expected and seem like a really good
>>> talking point. Do you have links to credible resources that show these
>>> statistics?
>>> >>> >>> list messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
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