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From: Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC
Date: Feb 4, 2005 11:25AM

I've changed the subject as I'm divulging from the initial
thread.

Regarding providing a simplified version for accessibility
reasons, how does this open oneself up to charges of discrimination? For
purposes of discussion, let us pretend we have one web page, one css
style for printing, and one css style for accessibility. I'd really like
to understand your perspective!

Regards,

Norman

ORIGINAL THREAD WAS "Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Welcome to the WebAIM
Discussion List"

> I will note, that considering CSS, this could also be
> simply stating that PRINT versions are potentially more
> accessible than the regular web page. Noting prevents you
> from creating a style sheet tailored for a particular
> audience, such as screen readers. Just a thought.

Absolutely. I think that one reason that this discussion is getting a
little messy is that we are having two discussions simultaneously; Print
Versions, and Alternate Accessible Versions (in both cases versus
alternate
Stylesheets)

If you wish to provide a simplified version for accessibility reasons
then (by defenition) you should lable it as such. (And open yourself up
to charges of discrimination in the process.)

If you want to make your site print nicely then you should primarily
concentrate on CSS print presentation. (If you then have a simper page
then the print styles should carry over easily.)

Or have I got this all wrong again?


Mike