Given current events (next post), I must call “Done!” for my CCCC presentation “Thirty minutes to better web accessibility.” I still have to make the handouts, but that will be a matter of cut-and-paste from the wiki. Perhaps after the conference, I’ll convert the presentation to an online workshop of some kind.
Recently the National Foundation for the Blind (NFB) sued Target in California because, after 10 months and repeated requests from would-be users of Target.com, their web site ignored even the most basic accessibility standards and affordances. I watched this story with interest, but I didn’t notice the response to it in big blogs, mostly because I avoid them (I did the Slashdot discussion thing for about a year in ’98; that was a deep enough intellectual chasm for me). Silver lining: a few tough and smart folks fought the good fight, refusing to let accessibility haters (many who invoked the so-called free market) off the hook. Kudos.
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