It's hard enough to craft a website or web application that looks great and works well, but what about catering for those of us with vision problems? Those with limited use of hands or limbs? What about for those who struggle to use technology like we do?
When it comes to digital, do we care enough about disabilities?
16. Disabilities
15% of the world’s population have some form of disability
www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/color-contrast-tips-and-tools-for-accessibility/
17. Vision problems
About 4% of the population have low vision
7-12% of men have some form of colour blindness
Low-vision increases with age, half over-50s have some
degree of low-vision condition
www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/color-contrast-tips-and-tools-for-accessibility/
18. Changing population
Worldwide, the fastest-growing population is 60 years of age
and older
www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/color-contrast-tips-and-tools-for-accessibility/
19. By 2050 the number of over-60s
will double
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/dec/31/digital-discrimination-netflix-disney-target-web-accessibility-doj
27. Maguire v SOCOG
$20,000
The National Association of the
Deaf v Netflix
$795,000
The National Federation of the
Blind and the American Council of
the Blind v Arizona State University
28. 12 million disabled people
= £120 billion spending power
*http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/advice-info/web-accessibility-resources
56. 2018
US legislation will be based on WCAG
Increased accessibility obligations only two years away
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/dec/31/digital-discrimination-netflix-disney-target-web-accessibility-doj
61. “Great web accessibility isn’t a thing you do; it’s
a side effect of awesome thoughtful work.”
Joe Watkins, UX Engineer
62. “Accessibility is about designing and developing for
as many people as possible. It’s about doing the right
thing … creating a more inclusive web with each
screen or line of code.”
Marcy Sutton, Accessibility Engineer - Adobe
