Business Benefits and Organizational Strategies for Accessible Web Design
by Wendy Chisholm

Table of contents

• Overview
• What is Accessibility?
• Why Make Sites Accessible?
• ADA Definition of disability
• Definitions from U.S. Dept of Commerce
• United Nations Examples
• Disabilities Affect 1/5 of All Americans
• A growth opportunity?
• A growth opportunity? (cont.)
• Disabilities as a Function of Age
• Disabilities
• Assistive Technologies
• Physical Disabilities
• Assistive Technologies for People with Physical Disabilities
• Possible Barriers to the Web for People with Physical Disabilities
• Visual Disabilities
• Assistive Technologies and Adaptive Strategies for People with Visual Disabilities
• Possible Barriers to the Web for People with Visual Disabilities
• Hearing Disabilities
• Adaptive Strategies for People with Hearing Disabilities
• Possible Barriers to the Web for People with Hearing Disabilities
• Cognitive and Language
• Assistive Technologies and Adaptive Strategies for People with Cognitive and Language Disabilities
• Possible Barriers to the Web for People with Cognitive and Language Disabilities
• Benefits for individuals
• Overview: Business Benefits of Accessible Design
• From the WCAG 1.0 point of view
• Content Usable by a Wide Variety of Devices
• Assisting access for low-bandwidth users
• Maintain users throughout changes in situation and abilities
• Improve Efficiency
• Improve usability
• Support for Varied Literacy Levels and Scanning
• Washington Literacy Levels
• Improve Search Engine Listings and Resource Discovery
• Demonstrate Social Responsibility
• Reduce Legal Liability
• Cost Factors of Implementation
• Possible Initial Investment Costs
• What is needed to implement?
• Resources
• Summary
• Famous Quotes
• Questions?