Why a11y?
Help people with disabilities
Enable everyone to swipe through a dating app
Do not give voice instructions
Provide a decent content description
Do not use color-only indication
Statistics
Disabilities
there are 20% (1.5B) people with disabilities worldwide
20% of them have significant disabilities
17% have visual impairment (blindness, farsightedness, cataract, color blindness)
6% hearing loss
2.6% (IQ below 75)
Disabilities coming with age
12% People aged over 60
16% People aged over 60 by 2030
46% Elderly people have disabilities
Temporary disabilities
25% 20-year-olds
284 Sunny days in LA
90% of Czech Republic is covered by LTE
A11y means general usability
Financial reasons
Bigger target audience
Companies choose tooling based on a11y
Estimated $6.9 trillion in annual disposable income
Brand reasons
Enhance your brand
Corporate Social Responsibility
Public Statements about Digital Accessibility Culture
Legal reasons
Americans with Disabilities Act
European Accessibility Act
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