Market Growth
Part3: Myths And Facts
An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world population, or 1 in 6 of us.Never trust a person that tries to sell you by how righteous they are. I am telling your right now, it is a scam.
Richie Norton, an award-winning author and serial entrepreneur
WHO: Myths, stereotypes and stigma about disability are barriers to the realization of the human rights of people with disabilities.
Facts About Disabilities
About 9 percent of disabilities are caused by accidents and about 91 percent by illnesses.
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders and diseases are the number one cause of disability.
Over 1 in 4 of today's 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire.
You are more likely to incur a disability than you are to die prematurely.
Most disabilities are not work related.
The average long-term disability claim lasts 34.6 months.
Only 31% of the workforce is covered by employer provided disability insurance.
Only 37% of working-age adults with disabilities are employed.
65 percent of individuals living in poverty for at least three years had a disability.
Myths About Disabilities
EasterSeals: Myths and Facts About People with DisabilitiesPeople with disabilities are brave and courageous.
All persons who use wheelchairs are chronically ill or sick.
All persons with hearing disabilities can read lips.
People who are blind acquire a
sixth sense.
Curious children should never ask people about their disabilities.
People with disabilities always need help.
Myths About Accessibility
Digital Accessibility applies to a small population.
One in six people have a disability. The aging population, people whose first language is not English, people who are not tech-savvy, and Search engines also benefit from accessibility features.
One in six people have a disability. The aging population, people whose first language is not English, people who are not tech-savvy, and Search engines also benefit from accessibility features.
Accessibility takes too much time and cost.
Most of the significant costs involved in integrating accessibility come when accessibility is left to the end. In fact, ignoring accessibility could cost you more than including it in the first place!
A digital accessibility strategy does not add any more time to the overall website building, but in fact improves brand, long term stability and return on investment.
Most of the significant costs involved in integrating accessibility come when accessibility is left to the end. In fact, ignoring accessibility could cost you more than including it in the first place!
A digital accessibility strategy does not add any more time to the overall website building, but in fact improves brand, long term stability and return on investment.
Adding accessibility is a one-time-only event.
Like any business venture careful planning, constant monitoring and upgrading is necessary to maintain a competitive advantage.
Conscious awareness of innovation and human trends is a key attribute of a smart leader.
Like any business venture careful planning, constant monitoring and upgrading is necessary to maintain a competitive advantage.
Conscious awareness of innovation and human trends is a key attribute of a smart leader.
Many people want a magic solution to accessibility.
If it is too good to be true, then it probably is!
Hard work and the drive to provide equitable access is the only way to achieve inclusive accessibility.
If it is too good to be true, then it probably is!
Hard work and the drive to provide equitable access is the only way to achieve inclusive accessibility.
Accessibility can be handled through automation.
Automation is constantly improving browser extensions that check web site for accessibility failures to overlays that help correct errors, but can only detect about 30% of usability issues.
However, automation cannot replace the human judgement when detecting and solving accessibility issues, and building customer relationships.
Automation is constantly improving browser extensions that check web site for accessibility failures to overlays that help correct errors, but can only detect about 30% of usability issues.
However, automation cannot replace the human judgement when detecting and solving accessibility issues, and building customer relationships.
Accessibility is optional.
Certified standards and legislative regulations are never optional!
WCAG is a digital communication requirement, AODA is Ontario law and Canadian inclusive values are expected.
Certified standards and legislative regulations are never optional!
WCAG is a digital communication requirement, AODA is Ontario law and Canadian inclusive values are expected.