I agree with the OP that the reason most developers don't build accessible sites is because they don't use the accessibility tools and hence have no understanding of how they actually work and the experience they provide for their users. Reading the List Apart article I linked to was rather eye-opening to me (no pun intended) because I didn't realize that I could just use a Chrome plugin or my iPhone's voice-over as a screen reader to actually experience it myself. I am now wishing I could go back and change a lot of html structure on sites I've built in the past to make it easier to navigate via screenreaders!
I agree with the OP that the reason most developers don't build accessible sites is because they don't use the accessibility tools and hence have no understanding of how they actually work and the experience they provide for their users. Reading the List Apart article I linked to was rather eye-opening to me (no pun intended) because I didn't realize that I could just use a Chrome plugin or my iPhone's voice-over as a screen reader to actually experience it myself. I am now wishing I could go back and change a lot of html structure on sites I've built in the past to make it easier to navigate via screenreaders!