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!
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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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Replying to @SinaBahram
Of course we know this, and yet the persistence of that position seems unbreakable in our industry and society at large.

May 18, 2021 · 10:27 PM UTC