Statistics!

Globally nearly 1 Billion people use one or more types of assistive technology

~13% of all the humans on the planet.

This includes hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetics, and myriad other mobility tools both physical and digital.

local musician Aubrey Graham portraying a character with paralysis.

I think the number is higher

How do we help?

There are internationally recognized standards that help web developers think about these things.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) is used all over the globe.  It defines expected behaviours and best practices for web sites.

It doesn't tell you how to achieve those goals. That's our job.

Screen Readers

Text Magnification

Keyboard Access