- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:16:53 -0700
- To: Alan Cantor <acantor@oise.utoronto.ca>
- Cc: IG - WAI Interest Group List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 01:13 PM 6/11/1999 , Alan Cantor wrote: >OK. Here's my short definition: >"Disability is a design flaw in the environment." I like to tell people that if a blind person can't access the web page she's trying to use, the REASON is not _her_ disability, but the disability of the _web author_ who created the page. That web author is "disabled" because he was _not able_ to make a correct web page. Why should she suffer for _his_ problem or failing? In no way is a user with a disability "disabled" on the web -- the sites THEMSELVES have the disability inherent in their code by not being accessible! We should identify the problem where it exists. The problem is not that there's anything "wrong with" the user, it is a problem with the page author and his output! -- Kynn Bartlett mailto:kynn@hwg.org President, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ AWARE Center Director http://aware.hwg.org/
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