The government of New Zealand has set a January 1, 2006 deadline when most government website need to meet their Web Accessibility guidelines. Most agencies expect redesigning their websites will be expensive. I believe it’s every website owners responsibility to look ahead and take accessibility issues into account. I work for a Crown corporation and one day we will face similar laws in Canada. My goal is to not wait until this happens, it’s a moral obligation to all people with a disability to create accessible interfaces.
Peter Merholz writes about a session of the IA summit by Laurie Gray. Check out his comments and her Powerpoint (2MB) presentation. The visualization of the different approaches between two audiences. I’m all inspired, this would be a great way to anlyze travel planning behaviour.