Comments on: Web Accessibility Not Only for People with Disabilities

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:11:39 +0000

hi everyone , Im a student at Adelphi and im studying to be a special ed teacher and i have some questions for anyone who would be wiling to answer them , i would really appreciate it and it would help me a lot .

1.what accommodations do you have make to minimize or eliminate your disability?

2.how do you feel about person first versus condition first terminology

3.is there a positive aspect to your disability?

4.would you eliminate or cure your disability if you could ??

By: Glenda

Glenda — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:18:49 +0000

THAnks for your kind words.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:55:24 +0000

Thank you for this important, concise, and entertaining post! It is empowering, and your blog is beautiful and inspiring!

By: catherine

catherine — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:25:30 +0000

Glenda,

As much as I appreciate your effort here and understand the underlying strategy, I have to say :

“Accessibility is, first and foremost, for people with disabilities.”

Yes, as I, and others, have said many times before in various ways, accessibility can and will, in some cases, benefit people without disabilities, but, simply put, people without disabilities can generally live without it, whereas we generally can not. And I think that is where the importance resides.

I am quite sick of attempts of trying to justify accessibility with tales of convenience to delivery men and strollers and Google’s “blind spot”.

Can accessibility benefit others without disabilities ? No doubt.

But are we not worth it regardless ? Totally.

That is the message I want to hear and that I will promote.