- From: William Loughborough <wloughborough@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:23:17 -0700
- To: EOWG <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <1e3451610908140523g55a3b2bfg1cf13be998aa9de9@mail.gmail.com>
In the draft version of beta w3.org is the usual Tim quote and it's quite basic to our effort. However:- It has become clear that there are major flaws with the acceptance/traction of the "designed in vs. bolted-on" manifesto within W3C. If it is possible to do so, we should include a statement to the effect that ALL Web Recommendations, etc. adhere in their processes/actions/attitudes to this tenet. We must not consider Accessibility as a sort of stepchild of "special needs" usability. As long as it is permitted to treat it that way it cannot flourish. Accessibility is an integral/essential part of Web design and it's way past time that it's taken as a special concession to those who have been shorted for thousands of years. The differences furnished by people with functional diversity (usually this means what we refer to as "disabilities") is necessary for the species and human culture to evolve and avoid exinction, as happens with those who cannot adapt because of their insistence on conformance with some "norm". Love. -- http://www.boobam.org/webgeezermild.htm
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