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From: Annmarie L Gemma
Date: Oct 9, 2004 1:32PM

Hello All,

I am in the early stages of a master's thesis. The topic that I would like to explore is how (whether) web accessibility promotes usability by non-disabled users. In other words, I am interested in making a case for how accessibility benefits more than the disabled segment of a web site's customer base.

For the purposes of a literature survey, I was wondering if anyone might be aware of previous studies that have been completed for this topic. In addition, all opinions are most welcome and very much appreciated. It would be helpful to know in advance whether a study on this topic would be useful to the web accessibility community.

Thank you for your time...

Sincerely,
Annmarie Gemma
Master's Candidate in Management & Systems
New York University