- https://twitter.com/abbott567/status/1471756606538977283
- https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/digital-inclusion/digital-inclusion-in-health-and-social-care via https://twitter.com/MustBeMistry
- https://twitter.com/FrankElavsky/status/1479197812516663299?s=20
- https://twitter.com/A11yLondon/status/1481312226954862599
- https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/10/digital-accessibility-what-to-do-when-the-data-says-you-dont-exist/
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Accessible content helps people who:
- have dyslexia (10% of UK)
- have a cognitive impairment
- have low literacy (43% of USA)
- are experiencing panic, anxiety, fear, stress, fatigue
- are in a hurry
Of those who were supported by the programme:
- 59% felt more confident in using online health information
- 52% feel less lonely or isolated
- 21% have had less visits to their GP for minor ailments 22% have progressed to booking GP appointments online and 20% to ordering prescriptions online
- 39% have saved time through carrying out health transactions online
- This evaluation estimates a return on investment of £6.40 for every £1.00 spent by the NHS on digital inclusion support.
“Tim Springer, chief executive of SSB BART Group, which advises companies on accessibility, said companies can expect to pay about 10% of their total website costs on retrofitting [accessibility]. But if they phase in accessibility as they naturally upgrade their website, they usually spend much less—between 1% and 3%.”
Via a Wall Street Journal article: Disabled Sue Over Web Shopping.
https://rikwilliams.net/collaboration/cost-of-retrofitting-vs-phasing-in-website-accessibility/
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Which is more impactful when motivating change for accessibility?
Proportion
4.5% of people worldwide (1 in 22) have color vision deficiency (CVD).
Count
350 million people worldwide have CVD.
Comparison
There are about as many people in the world with CVD as people in the US.
https://twitter.com/FrankElavsky/status/1479197812516663299?s=20