Actively support disability access and the access industry Microsoft needs to end the policies and attitudes that generate so much hostility between it and the accessibility industry. This does not move the cause of accessibility forward. Disability advocates need to step up the pressure on the many companies that have made no efforts whatsoever to meet their disability access obligations. Although Microsoft represents the biggest accessibility barriers, the fact that Windows is at least partially accessible has taken the heat off of many other companies. Testing of product releases for accessibility should become a standard part of the release process for major software packages and services, such as Web sites.
Accessibility is too important to too many people to have it be ignored.