How to Save Web Accessibility from Itself
http://alistapart.com/articles/saveaccessibility/

Clark, Joe
List Apart, A
2003

Abstract:

If you choose to make standards-compliant websites, inevitably you will have to follow the guidelines. It's foreseeable that you could be legally required to follow WCAG 2.0. You could opt into following the guidelines or they could be foisted upon you. You thus have an enlightened self-interest in ensuring the new guidelines actually make sense. Moreover, we simply need more contributors.