Re: the official definition [of web accessibility] from the W3C is wrong

Universal access and access for all is fine but setting focus on
access for PWD is something that garners attention legally and
corporations and governments  may be required to ensure this.
It is the environment that is not enabling  and sometimes people's
attitudes that is more disabling than the disability itself.
So the focus should be on make the environment more enabling: follow
WCAG2 for the Web / digital world.
Cheers,
Sailesh Panchang


On 2/11/15, Wayne Dick <waynedick@knowbility.org> wrote:
> I have been thinking about this article a lot. I strikes that I have
> seen this transition many times in the information technology field.
>
> When a new technology emerges there is what my friend Tom Jewett calls
> the preachy phase.  During that period a lot of material on how to
> understand and use the technology is accompanied by a sermon on why this
> new approach is necessary and better. We saw this with early structured
> programming and again with object oriented programming.  It happened
> when relational databases overtook network and hierarchical databases.
> The zeal of a new technology is always accompanied with a new data
> religion.
>
> Accessibility is doubly charged, added to the zeal of a new technology
> is the very real moral imperative of providing access to everyone. This
> elevates preachy to a new level.
>
> In the "Official definition" article, the author points outs that we
> have made the case for why access technology is needed. She simply
> points out that it is now time to implement how to do this in an organic
> way.  It is really a remarkable article.
>
> Wayne
>
>

Received on Thursday, 12 February 2015 16:50:32 UTC