- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:39:09 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
The state of Texas is doing a good thing by setting accessibility standards: http://www.dir.state.tx.us/standards/S201-12.htm However, they're also doing a bad thing by believing that the only challenge that needs to be addressed is accessibility for blind users: (5) Generally accessible Internet site -- A state Web site that: (A) complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for persons with visual disabilities promulgated by the W3C; (B) contains no priority 1 errors; and (C) complies with HTML standards published by the W3C. Policies of these kind scare me because they represent a fundamental misunderstanding of what we're all about, which suggests that we (WAI participants) may not be doing our jobs effectively. It is worrisome that people think of accessibility as ONLY visually impaired users. We need to make sure that people with a wide variety of disabilities are "visible" in whatever we produce. I think we're doing that now, but if so, we still need to look at why misinterpretations happen anyway. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Reef North America Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network Tel +1 949-567-7006 ________________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ________________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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