This page is the
perfect opportunity to politely encourage others to learn about accessibility and
how to implement it across their own websites. Typical links include the WAI,17 the
W3C??™s published specs to WCAG,18 Section 508,19 and other government regulations,
and occasionally web designer resources like Dive Into Accessibility20 or
Accessify.21
Explain remaining barriers: Just as it is important to discuss how accessible a corporate
website is, it is equally important to explain what barriers remain, and how
people can overcome them. For instance, users of older versions of Netscape will
probably not see your site as you intend, since the browser's CSS-rendering engine
is primitive compared to modern, standards-compliant browsers; in this case, people
simply need to upgrade their software.
Writing a good accessibility statement is not hard, and it should not take long. Hopefully,
the document should simply summarize all of the effort that has gone into the accessibility
of the website, from small things like navigation aids to large initiatives like ensuring
standards compliance across the entire site. See Figure 3-7 for an example of a good
accessibility statement.
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