The International Program Office coordinates a program of Education and Outreach. The WAI Page Author Guidelines are summary principles of accessible design. These are presented along with brief explanations of how access is not achieved if these guidelines are not followed. Example techniques with which the author can meet the guidelines are listed. One critical factor in the success of this effort is how WAI provides the appropriate venue for addressing this issue.
Nobody can match their ability to pull together all the affected parties from all over the world.
This is an area where industry needs one clear message, not a chorus of competing claims. Working under the WAI umbrella we have been able to achieve much, much more than we ever could have individually or country by country.