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If you really want to drive change, do this: - Create a very convincing, clearly written and illustrated report on the top 100 visited websites (Amazon, Facebo
by devmonk 16y ago
If you really want to drive change, do this:
- Create a very convincing, clearly written and illustrated report on the top 100 visited websites (Amazon, Facebook, etc.) and how they fail on accessibility.
- Film yourself and your daughter struggling with these sites (burn to DVD).
- Contact well known film directors you think might do a documentary on people with disabilities and send them the video and report. Contacting enough people will make a difference.
- Getting a half-hour spot or so on a major U.S. television network wouldn't be too shabby either, so try to make connections there.
- Contact and work with the politicians and others updating the ADA, but be wary of big talk and no results. There is a lot of lobbying power from a lot of industries that don't want to have to spend the money to make their sites and software accessible.
Other than that, I side with the guys that say that as long as providing accessibility is not enforced and there is little or negative financial incentive, it just won't happen. Which is sad.
Very few places I've worked and done web-related and web development for have cared much if any about accessibility. Any effort I put into making a site more accessible was not met with any praise, and usually I felt as if people thought I was wasting effort.
My heart goes out to you and your daughter.