First a disclaimer:
This post does not reflect my personal views on web accessibility or
handicapped persons, it is merely a collection of "academic" thoughts
triggered by various posts of the past few days.
How and why did the web get singled out from among all of the other
"publishing" mediums to be "by law" accessible?
Why aren't book, magazine, and newspaper publishers "required" to
produce an audio or braille version of everything they publish?
Why aren't TV broadcasters and movie production companies "required"
to sub-title all of their broadcasts or films, or have an "off screen
reader" describing the scenes?
Isn't saying one can't (shouldn't) use, for example, a popup window
on a web site because screen readers have trouble with them, like
telling Hollywood they can't (shouldn't) use certain special effects
because the "off screen reader" would have trouble explaining them to
a blind person?
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