Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Equal access to the Internet and all of its features for everyone, regardless of disability, as well as support for initiatives aimed at enhancing accessibility for people with disabilities.
Invisible Potential Customers
More than 1.3 billion people!
The global population of people with disabilities is an emerging market with a size comparable to China’s population (as per 2019).
72-80% Invisable / different forms of disabilities
Though they might take many different forms, not all disabilities are obvious! If they didn’t tell you, 74% of people with disabilities would be living with illnesses you are unaware of.
Aged 65+ years globally
This segment has been growing at an increasing rate, and it’s expected to hit 16% in 2050.
Diverse Abilities and Barriers in How People with Disabilities Use the Web
| Diversity of abilities | Age-related impairments, Multiple disabilities, Health conditions, Changing abilities, Temporary impairments, Situational limitations |
| Auditory | Hard of hearing, Deafness, Deaf-blindness |
| Cognitive, learning, and neurological | ADHD, ASD, ID, LD, MHD, MS, Memory impairments , Neurodiversity, Perceptual disabilities, Seizure disorders |
| Physical | Amputation, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatism, Reduced dexterity, Muscular dystrophy, Repetitive stress injury, Tremor and spasms, Quadriplegia |
| Speech | Apraxia of speech (AOS) |
| Visual | Color blindness , Low vision, Blindness, Deaf-blindness |
Diverse Abilities and Barriers – Auditory
- Videos with voices and sounds, without captions or transcripts
- Media players that do not display captions and that do not provide volume controls
- Media players that do not provide options to adjust the text size and colors for captions.
- Web applications, that rely on interaction using voice only.
- Lack of sign language
Diverse Abilities and Barriers – Physical
- Websites, web browsers, and authoring tools that do not provide full keyboard support.
- Controls, including links with images of text, that do not have equivalent text alternatives.
- Missing visual and non-visual orientation cues, page structure, and other navigational aids.
- Insufficient time limits to respond or to complete tasks, such as to fill out online forms.
- Inconsistent, unpredictable, and overly complicated navigation mechanisms and page functions
Diverse Abilities and Barriers – Cognitive / learning / Neurological
- Complex navigation mechanisms and page layouts
- Long passages of text without images, graphs, or other illustrations to highlight the context.
- Moving, blinking, or flickering content, and background audio that cannot be turned off
- Complex sentences that are difficult to read
- Web browsers and media players that do not provide mechanisms to suppress animations and audio.
Diverse Abilities and Barriers – Speech
- Web-based services, including web applications, that rely on interaction using voice only.
- Websites that offer phone numbers as the only way to communicate with the organizations.
Diverse Abilities and Barriers – Visiual
- Images, controls, and other structural elements that do not have equivalent text alternatives.
- Text, images, and page layouts that cannot be resized, or that lose information when resized.
- Missing visual and non-visual orientation cues, page structure, and other navigational aids.
- Video content that does not have text or audio alternatives, or an audio-description track.
- Inconsistent, unpredictable, and overly complicated navigation mechanisms and page functions.
- Text and images with insufficient contrast between foreground and background color combinations.
- Websites, web browsers, and authoring tools that do not provide full keyboard support.
Accessibility for All
Accessibility for all means making sure that everyone can access everything, regardless of their abilities
Accessibility needs for everyone
| Accessibility Needs | Touch | See | Hear | Speak | Cognition |
| Permanet | One Arm | Blind | Deaf | Non Speaking | Learning Disability |
| Temporary | Arm Injury | Cataract | Ear Infection | Laryngitis | Sick |
| Situational | New Parent | Distracted Driver | Bartender | Quiet Space | Distracted |
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.
Not only for people with disabilities, its for ALL
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