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From: Angela French
Date: Jun 11, 2012 9:39AM


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>I have a thought - you might not like it...but consider it for a moment.
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>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.)
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>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.
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>So again - why do it?
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>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.
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>In short:
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>CREATIVITY = FUN = COMPELLING REASON FOR WEB DESIGN CAREER.
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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
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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.
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>> 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?
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