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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Sep 27, 2004 1:07PM

> Remember, non-profits
> generally have little or no money.

Many don't. Many do.

For those that don't, with a little give and take, they can often find very
willing design firms willing to do the project Pro-bono. Just FYI...

> How can such organizations implement a Web accessibility plan when
> the site is done externally?

Simply make it a requirement?

> And when the individual negotiating the
> contract [assuming there is one ] has no knowledge of HTML, Web
> Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0,etc etc etc? Can anyone here
> offer sample contract clauses and such?

I don't think it'd take too much to add into the contract verbiage
pertaining to the fact that all finished web files must meet basic
accessibility guidelines. Ideally, these would be guidelines that the
non-profit has written up.

-Darrel