Reading through the comments here I can’t believe the amount of abelism here on HN. In the web development industry accessibility is taken seriously. If you rea

Reading through the comments here I can’t believe the amount of abelism here on HN. In the web development industry accessibility is taken seriously. If you read the literature (e.g. on A list apart or Smashing Magazine) there is no shortage on articles about the importance of accessibility. If you go to a conference there will at least be 3 talks about accessibility. The web docs on MDN usually have a paragraph or two about accessibility issues and how to patch them for different elements and APIs. If you take a course in Web Development accessibility will be one of the first thing you’ll learn. The comments here act as if this is not already a part of the industry. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every professional web developer thinks about making their web site accessible. If they don’t, they are not acting according to industry standards, and they should probably be liable for that. No different then a bad carpenter that doesn’t build according to standards.