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Re: Is Accessibility mayonnaise cheese or Bread & Butter ?

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Jan 21, 2014 12:13PM

The following data may be helpful.

UN Enable - Factsheet on Persons with Disabilities
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=18

United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/disability/disab2.asp

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Mauck" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Is Accessibility mayonnaise cheese or Bread & Butter ?


>I think it is a lot more like bread and butter, especially if upper
>management needs to consider that "the difference between being proactive
>and reactive can be about six zeros!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Hori [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:58 AM
> To: webaim-forum
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Is Accessibility mayonnaise cheese or Bread & Butter
> ?
>
> Couldn't you state that having an accessible site means that you save
> money on SEO consultation? That should ring bells for upper management,
> especially if they have videos posted to the site. [You mean that we can
> include the wording within captions to our search results?!?!]
>
> Joshua Hori
> Accessible Technology Analyst
> University of California, Davis
> Student Disability Center
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ravindra Kumar
> Jain
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:03 PM
> To: webaim-forum
> Subject: [WebAIM] Is Accessibility mayonnaise cheese or Bread & Butter ?
>
> 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
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