The Value of Accessibility

For decades, accessibility for people with impairments has always been a corporate priority at IBM. Yet, for the most part, the software industry tends to treat accessibility as an afterthought, even though there are various government standards such as Section 508. As our user interfaces have progressed from terminals, to desktop clients, to web pages and continue through to immersive three dimensional environments, such as Second Life, providing for accessibility becomes more difficult.
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