Day 16: 27% of US Adults have a disability
CDC statistics show that "27% of adults in the U.S. (affecting 1/3 of U.S. households) have some type of disability." Access can be affected by permanent disability (vision loss), temporary disability (broken arm), or situational challenges (a loud environment)
Sample digital accessibility considerations:- Auditory
- would someone need to hear to process your content if they were
hearing-impaired or in a loud environment? Are captions available?
- Visual
- is your content accessible to people with blindness, color blindness,
or low vision? Is text large enough and does it have enough contrast?
- Speech
- does your app rely on voice recognition? Will this work with slower
speech, are there alternatives for those who can't speak or who might be in a loud environment?
- Physical
- if someone can't use a mouse, because of a permanent or temporary
disability can they navigate through your content
with just the keyboard? Do you rely on dragging (which can be difficult
for some, or do you also have methods for manually selecting values?
- Cognitive - is all of the content reliant on technical jargon? Are steps clear and easy to follow for someone who is completing them for the first time or may have trouble remembering multiple steps?