Our clients simply don’t care about accessibility as much as we’d like them to, and there are several reasons for that. Link >>
Digital Web Magazine on the challenge of getting clients to pay for accessibility-related changes to their website.
Author Christian Heilmann lists several very good reasons, including:
My position hasn’t changed from January of this year, when I posted:
- Reason 1: It’s the Law But There’s None to Follow
- Reason 2: There Is No Immediate Benefit
- Reason 3: Accessibility Is Sold As a Technical Problem
...web accessibility won’t truly “catch on” until it’s legally mandated (whether that’s actually the current situation is arguable, in my experience business folks aren’t feeling threatened so it’s not a mandate for them).
Cynical, yes. But still true.
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