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There is always debate about exactly what accessibility is and isn’t. This debate was recently rekindled with Joe Clark‘s thorough, well-written article: Facts and Opinions About PDF Accessibility. In that article, Joe states:
The goal of the accessibility advocate is to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, period.
Tommy Olsson disagrees with Joe’s stance on what the mandate of a web accessibility advocate is and suggest that it is much more than ensuring the web works for those with disabilities. I’m sure that many others agree with Tommy’s stance, and I completely understand his point of view.
My web development and accessibility consultancy is FurtherAhead, based in Ottawa, Canada, with clients around the world. And I'm not just saying that.