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The National Federation of the Blind is suing Target because their web site is inaccessible to the blind.

Like many other web developers here in Austin, we’ve participated in numerous Knowbility training classes and rallies, and let me just say a few things about the experience:

1. They’ve opened my eyes (no pun intended) to the plight of folks with visual, auditory, motor/reflex, and cognitive problems.
2. Doing things the accesible way really does make your pages leaner, meaner, and easier to code up and maintain.
3. That accessibility requirements put yet another barrier in front of traditional design agencies who view the web as some kind of extension of print design. Sorry, the Web is software!

In any case, if you’re doing business with the federal government, with state agencies, or with very large corporations, you’d best pay attention to this trend–it’s only going to grow.

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