3. Why build accessible websites?
• Because we’re decent human beings.
• Why wouldn’t we?
• What are you, some kind of jerk?
• C’mon, man.
• C’mon.
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4. Why build accessible websites?
• Because we’re decent human beings.
• Why wouldn’t we?
• What are you, some kind of jerk?
• C’mon, man.
• C’mon.
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5. “The power of the Web is in its universality.
Access by everyone regardless of disability is an
essential aspect.
Tim Berners-Lee
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6. Percentage of U.S. Population Suffering From:
Difficulty Seeing
http://www.census.gov 3.4%
Severe Difficulty Seeing
http://www.census.gov 0.8%
Internet Explorer 6
http://www.ie6countdown.com 1.4%
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7. Percentage of U.S. Population Suffering From:
Difficulty Seeing
http://www.census.gov 3.4%
Severe Difficulty Seeing
http://www.census.gov 0.8%
Internet Explorer 6
http://www.ie6countdown.com 1.4%
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13. “Around 10 percent of the world’s population, or 650
million people, live with a disability. They are the
world's largest minority.
The United Nations
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=18
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21. “We need to make smarter content,
not smarter containers.*
Stephanie Rieger
http://twitter.com/stephanierieger
* We’re gonna make smarter containers, too.
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22. “We need to make smarter content,
not smarter containers.*
Stephanie Rieger
http://twitter.com/stephanierieger
* We’re gonna make smarter containers, too.
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45. Resources
Designing with Progressive Enhancement
Building the Web that Works for Everyone
http://wil.to/a11y/g
http://wil.to/a11y/
http://twitter.com/wilto
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