Authors:
Larry Hull
ACCESSIBLE (1) capable of being reached or used (2) easy to meet or get along with (3) easily obtained (4) being at hand when needed What does it mean to say something is accessible? Does that mean everyone can reach it? use it? obtain it? I like words. Yeah, I'm an engineer, but I like words, particularly the evolution of their meanings and connotations over time. Occasionally, a particular change or shift bothers me. Take, for example, the word "accessibility." "Accessibility" as used today by Web designers and developers is shorthand for making a Web site function for people…
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