Meryl's Notes Blog

Why should we create Web accessible pages? Here’s a quote from the article:

“Web page accessibility for People with Disabilities is important in many ways, not the least of which is sheer humaneness and consideration for fellow human beings who yearn to freely access and enjoy the many commonplace things that non-disabled people take for granted. This right to enjoyment of life on the same level as non-disabled people is severely encumbered on the Internet — or even thwarted altogether — by the general absence of adequate Web Content Accessibility on the World Wide Web.”

There are a few more reasons listed in the article from a business perspective and a designer perspective. For a bonus - it encourages getting rid of tables by using CSS2. [Link DiveIntoMark]