Appendix B. Why Is Accessibility on the Internet Important?
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Most everyone would reply to the questions above with a resounding “no.” And yet, people with disabilities are often locked out of Web sites because their needs are not considered as the sites are designed.
More than 55 million Americans have some type of disability. You might want to consider YOURSELF “temporarily abled.” U.S. Census data indicate that one in every five Americans has a disability. As our society grows proportionally older, the ...
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