Why bother with accessibility?

  1. Legal reasons
  2. Moral reasons
    "The internet is a place of equality. It gives us all power and choice at the same level - but only if our access to it is equal to everyone else's"
    http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_ethicalcase.hcsp
  3. Public service reasons
    "The public sector has an obligation to serve the public. You aren't doing that if the only people you're serving are people without disabilities"
    http://joeclark.org/essentials/WE04notes1.html
  4. Commercial reasons
    "The 2003 SDAC estimates that one in five Australians (3,951,000 or 20%) had a disability. This rate was the same for males and females. The rate increased with age, reaching 81% for those aged 85 years and over."
    http://www.abs.gov.au/
  5. Accessible web pages benefit everyone