David, I disagree. I feel that in the case of persons whose disability includes cognitive limitations, accessibility means they should have the full content conveyed ... full content meaning both text and graphics/multi-media ... A text without supportive graphics should be considered an incomplete page, not yet accessible to all the PWD's whose "buying power" is promised. I do not think it's reasonable to draw an arbitrary line dividing disabled web users into those who will be accommodated under accessibility guidelines, and those who will be ignored or ghettoized. I thought it interesting that the language you chose to illustrate "foreign languages" is normally used as graphics rather than as "characters". Anne At 09:44 AM 10/7/00 -0400, David Poehlman wrote: >comprehention and accessability are two separate issues as I was trying >to point out in my example with a foreign language. Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.orgReceived on Saturday, 7 October 2000 13:20:00 GMT
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