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The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web.

So most people have probably seen this quote, especially if you have visited the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) site. As this quote is from a few years back he did add to the statement in March 2006.

Another important area of professionalism is accessibility awareness. Everyone should be accommodated, especially when around 20 per cent of the population have special requirements.

In fact, Microsoft said recently that nearly 50 per cent of people need to make some sort of adjustment to their system to interact with it.

Having turned 50, I’m very aware of receiving email with very small fonts - people don’t want to use their spectacles to look at a Web page!

Tim Berners-Lee.

Further more, I believe that you can add making a site available from anywhere an integral part of accessibility. More and more people are on the move. Hand-held devices with faster connection speeds also access the internet - why deny those users the right to view your site too?

Accessibility and usability go hand in hand to make your site available to everyone. So why make your site accessible? You want to offer a service, and you want visitors to repeatedly use your site. If users cannot use your site easily, they won't come back. Simple as that!