Web Accessibility is a Marketplace Issue
- Approximately 10% of the population in most countries has disabilities
- visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological
disabilities
- Average age of population in many countries is increasing
- vision & hearing changes, changes in dexterity &
memory.
- Governments/municipalities may require Web site accessibility (see "Policies Relating to
Web Accessibility.")
- Every users' satisfaction increases when eyes, ears, hands, or memory
is tied, with different devices or user agents
- Few organizations can afford to deliberately miss this market segment
but they often do without knowledge, training, and supporting
tools -> designing for yourself (planning training)