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Re: Re[2]: Include default text?

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From: lister
Date: Oct 21, 2004 8:36PM

This has been a good icon discussion which I think could be tied to the
"making a business case for accessibility" issue Glenda brought up several
days ago. While an icon should not replace a good accessibility statement,
the "placard" aspect of an icon provides something upper management can see
(and point to) for their investment in accessibility. I agree it would be
best left out of the way on an accessibility statement, rather than on every
page. Of course, it also promotes accessibility and standards in general...
when someone sees it for the first time it may turn them on to the whole
movement!

..matt

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glenda wrote:

>How come web accessibility is generally thought of in terms of blind users?
>What about all the other disability types?
>
>
That was just an example. Fact is that a w3c icon is as useless to a
keyboard user or a colourblind person. A specific accessibility
statement for the site makes sense for all of them.

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