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There are billions of people who face problems in accessing webpages, including people with disabilities, elderly people, and illiterate people in developing countries. The needs for accessible webpages have become too broad to be left only to Web developers. The wisdom of crowds has become part of a key strategy to combine various skills and knowledge into a community that can address the needs for accessibility. Social Accessibility is one such project for visually impaired people, which has been operating for more than a year, producing findings and new challenges. The collaborative approach can work well and be expanded for people with other problems such as poor hearing, aged eyes, and reading problems. I chose this site because it includes the elderly and the illiterate when talking about web accessibility.

I agree Tracy, the collaborative approach, consortiums and communities working together for a better web for all is a growing movement that will enhance not only people with disabilities but it will streamline the web for all of us.