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Re: Is Accessibility mayonnaise cheese or Bread & Butter ?

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Jan 16, 2014 7:22AM

Ravindra,
Basically people i.e. top management, developers, project managers
need to be educated about accessibility. Here is a start:
WAI Resources from WAI-EOWG at
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/
Specifically:

Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization: Overview
http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/Overview

How People with Disabilities Use the Web: Overview
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web/

Thanks and regards,
Sailesh Panchang


On 1/16/14, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Ravindra,
>
> While I have no opinion on the mayo & cheese vs. bread & butter debate, I
> do have a series of blog posts on Selling Accessibility that may be of
> interest.
>
> http://www.karlgroves.com/category/selling-accessibility/
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Ravindra Kumar Jain
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:
>
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> I guess pretty much everyone in webaim knows what Accessibility Life
>> Cycle / Software Development Life Cycle is.,
>>
>> A common problem I identified , which I am sure a lot of you too must
>> have faced is that ,
>>
>> " There is a vast gap between what a client wants and what
>> accessibility services delivers , in a lot of cases accessibility is
>> perhaps nowhere in his agenda , unless it is mandatory "
>>
>> Few days ago I heard a very interesting thought by someone.
>>
>> "Accessibility Services is not one of the essential services we offer
>> to our clients , it is not a show stopper. It is like Mayonnaise
>> cheese as a topping over our bread and butter , we offer to our
>> clients as a value added service"
>>
>> To our subject matter experts in webaim , I throw this question
>>
>> "Is Accessibility Mayonaise cheese or Bread and Butter " ?
>>
>> I would like to get answers straight from experience people who have
>> been working in this field.for long time. Let me reframe the above
>> question .
>>
>> "How can we convince our clients / managers / designers in a much
>> better manner as to why they should implement accessibility from
>> initial stages itself and not superficially " ?
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>>
>> Ravindra Kumar Jain
>>
>> Accessibility Engineer
>>
>> No.02, Second Floor
>> Sector I, 27th main
>> HSR Layout
>> Bangalore - 560 103
>>
>> Web: www.onyadigital.com
>> >> >> >>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Karl Groves
> www.karlgroves.com
> @karlgroves
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves
> Phone: +1 410.541.6829
> > > >