Just fully realized the accuracy of the term "Web Standards Evangelist" when my dear, devilish Web pal poked me: "Say I develop for a product, motorcycles. I sure ain't paying more to add #a11y as no blind person buys..." Hellfire! Brimstone! A litany of passionate fire and word!

May 18, 2021 · 9:37 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
1) good a11y is so much more than blind 2) passanger / partner / gift etc 3) collectors are not all riders
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Yes, yes, yes. And more.
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Replying to @mholzschlag
Having bought cars myself, they are simply wrong about that. I know blind folks that have bought motorcycles. They have partners, children, parents, friends ... such an uninformed/unprofitable way of thinking.
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Of course we know this, and yet the persistence of that position seems unbreakable in our industry and society at large.
Replying to @mholzschlag
Of all the shoddy comparisons in the world, the motor-vehicle ones take the cake and eat it right in front of you, every time
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If it does, why specifically? I see it as a very revealing statement of multiple concerns in our industry much less social world.
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