The rest of this chapter explores two key aspects of accessibility. First, it covers the legal
requirements for corporations and web developers. This varies from country to country
and occasionally changes, but we??™ll do our best to navigate those thorny paths. Second, it
covers what you can do??”today??”to apply unobtrusive accessibility tactics to your site
without disrupting the design or architecture. Even the smallest improvements in the
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markup can have tremendous benefits to a significant number of users, and we??™ll cover the
critical basics before establishing a roadmap for future learning.
The accessibility landscape
As accessibility becomes a front-burner topic for web designers and corporations across
the world, the rules and recommendations that drive best practices have become increasingly
cluttered by several factors: bureaucracy in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),5
more ???specialists??? publishing misleading information, and the escalating punditry within
the blogosphere. There are a number of accessibility checklists you can use when building
your site, and they vary in their scope of detail and ease of implementation.
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