Sorry for the disappearing act, but I was having IP address conflicts on my broadband connection for the past 40+ hours.
I wanted to provide a somewhat more authoritative opinion than my own regarding screen readers and the order of content on websites. Fortunately, Phil Bradley came through with a link to this Pandia article offering 14 tips and techniques for making your site accessible. It not only speaks to the “content on top” principle, but some other really good ideas that I hadn’t considered.

