- From: Kristi R Schueler/NONFS/USDAFS <kschueler@fs.fed.us>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 16:00:28 -0600
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
As a designer, I know that the majority of people out there are not going to want to sacrifice the flashy, graphics and such to be accessible. This includes giving up the text as graphics. How do we convince them that they will have a greater audience if they meet accessibility guidelines? I am not having much luck finding statistics. Have there been any economic impact studies on the numbers of e-commerce dollars not being spent because online shopping centers are not accessible to people who find the net to be a freedom and an increase in independence? So far the only supporting statistic I have found is a statement from a Harris Poll that says that disabled internet users are on the internet twice as much as non-disabled internet users. It will take more than that to convince businesses to be compliant with accessibility guidelines! Kristi Schueler USFS - WOD, FC AQM Systems Web Developer (contractor) (970)295-5801 (voice) (970)295-5809 (fax)
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