How can you make your content reach a wider audience, including the disabled?
People who reach life expectancy can look forward to be classified as disabled for about 11% of their lifetime. People with disabilities constitute the nation's (USA) largest minority group, the only one which any of us can join at any time. People with disabilities constitute about 15% of the population.
Making content more accessible to people with a variety of disabilities ranges from appearance (font size and color) to navigation aids. This slide deck summarizes Char James-Tanney's presentation with Adobe on June 19, 2012, in which she showed many compelling business reasons for reaching the disabled, in addition to the fact that it is "the right thing to do."
6. People with disabilities constitute the
nation's largest minority group, and the
only group any of us can become a
member of at any time.
Disability Funders Network – Disability Stats
and Facts
(http://www.disabilityfunders.org/disability-stats-
and-facts)
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7. Copyright 2011 The AbleGamers Foundation. Used with permission.
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8. Alex E. Proimos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/4199675334/
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9. Myths
May Michaely. http://www.flickr.com/photos/maymichaely/3126604121/
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10. People who are disabled don’t use
the Internet. Or work as
programmers. Or as astronomers.
Sina Bahram. Photo by
Jennison Ascuncion. Michael Francis McCarthy.
Photo by William Lawrence. http://www.flickr.com/ph
otos/sagamiono/482791
9176/.
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11. You must create a text-only version
of your website for screen readers
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15. People who are disabled don’t play
games
Copyright 2011-2012. The AbleGamers Foundation. Used with permission.
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16. People who are colorblind can’t see
colors
From Vision Simulator (http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html).
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17. It’s OK to touch a guide dog
Sini Merikallio.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smerikal
/5555789969/ Photo by
Char James-Tanny
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18. People who can’t use a mouse or
keyboard don’t use computers.
(@SteveBuell)
Photo by Char James-Tanny.
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19. We don’t have any disabled
customers
Glenda Watson Hyatt,
http://www.doitmyselfblog.
com/2010/the-ipad-as-an-
Photo by Char James-Tanny. affordable-communicator-
initial-review/
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20. Accessibility is free. (@nethermind)
No, it’s really expensive. (@redcrew)
Michael Francis McCarthy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sagamiono/4827919176/.
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21. If the page passes an HTML
validator, it’s accessible
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22. If the page works with a screen
reader, it’s accessible. (@SteveBuell)
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23. Standards
CSS
HTML
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25. Qualifying Disabilities
When they occur
How they occur
How long they last
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26. In countries with life expectancies over 70
years of age, people spend on average
about 8 years, or 11.5 per cent of their life
span, living with disabilities.
Disabled World – World Facts and Statistics on
Disabilities and Disability Issues:
http://www.disabled-
world.com/disability/statistics/#ixzz1wM3G3pdg
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27. Benefits of Accessible Documents
and Web Pages
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28. “Web accessibility is not a
legal issue. It’s an equal
opportunity issue.”
Rakesh Babu, quoted in To The
Blind, The Internet Isn’t Always So
User-Friendly
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32. Resources
Visit “Bits, Bytes, and Words” at JTF
Associates for list of resources from today’s
webinar
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