Portland, ME WordPress Meetup - Web Accessibility in 2020
Eve Designs Presentation
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2. Accessibility Specialist Why we specialised in Accessibility for internet design 1. One in five people in the UK has an impairment. 2. Over half of these people have more than one impairment 3. UK has an aging population, and people over 55 tend to have higher levels of impairment, and multiple impairments 4. More people are surviving accident and injury 5. More impaired people are better educated and are living in the community. 6. When a person is more significantly impaired, the more important the Internet is to their independence, their access to information and entertainment, and their general quality of life. 7. Accessibility promotes inclusion. 8. Accessibility means good business practice. 9. Search Engine crawlers and Bots favour websites that are accessible.