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> But my reaction isn’t “society should do whatever it takes to remove this issue I’m experiencing, no matter the cost.” I think few people have that reaction,
by JadeNB 3y ago
> But my reaction isn’t “society should do whatever it takes to remove this issue I’m experiencing, no matter the cost.”
I think few people have that reaction, and it's invidious to treat the statement "everyone should always think about accessibility" (true, for a properly charitably interpretation of "everyone" and "always") as equivalent to the statement "everyone's product should be equally accessible to everyone" (false and impossible).
The problem usually isn't that a reasonable, good-faith effort at accessibility isn't a perfect solution, but rather that no effort at accessibility is made at all, and that it's often regarded as an acceptable response to tell people that acknowledging their existence is too inconvenient. That's what's outrageous, and it should be made as universally socially unacceptable as any other societal taboo.