[thelist] RE: US census count of "disabled"

[Martin]

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Joel D Canfield wrote on 9/6/01 5:02 pm

>And the real point is, if coding for these users is optional where you live,
>how many visitors do you want to make your site difficult for? Even if this
>20% figure is double what you might consider the 'real' number, that's quite
>a few people to alienate?

Plus, any minority group which already feels disenfranchised are
going to get *really* upset if you appear to be biased against them.

And the converse is true - support an alienated minority and they
will be very, very loyal.

If thinking about disabled users is a bit close to the bone, just think
of producing a site which Mac users can't use at all. How upset would
they be...

Cheers
Martin

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