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Who Accessibility Helps

Equalize Digital accessibility infographic: Who Accessibility Helps.

Who Accessibility Helps (Infographic)

Article PublishedJune 24, 2025Last UpdatedJune 24, 2025 Written byAmber Hinds

When people think about web accessibility, they often think it’s just for blind users. But the truth is, accessible websites benefit a much broader group, including people with various disabilities, temporary impairments, and even those without any ...

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Why Website Accessibility is Important

Why Website Accessibility is Important

Article PublishedJanuary 8, 2025Last UpdatedJanuary 10, 2025 Written byPaola Gonzalez

As of 2024, more than 5.5 billion people rely on the web as an indispensable resource for communication, education, commerce, entertainment, and much more. However, millions around the world face barriers that hinder their web experience, preventing ...

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Building Empathy with Stakeholders to Drive Accessibility with Simon Miner

Building Empathy with Stakeholders to Drive Accessibility: Simon Miner

Article PublishedMay 29, 2024Last UpdatedJuly 3, 2024 Written byEqualize Digital

How can we help leaders really "get" the need for digital accessibility? In this session, Simon discussed proven methods for building support with stakeholders for your accessibility program. We explored tools like the Site Unseen browser extension ...

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Filed Under: Recorded Webinars, Website Accessibility Best Practices, Who Accessibility Helps WordPress Accessibility Meetup

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Make Your Website Accessible for People with Visual Impairments and Low Vision

Article PublishedFebruary 7, 2024Last UpdatedJuly 15, 2024 Written byAmber Hinds

About 43 million people around the world live with some degree of blindness or vision loss. Low-vision users and users with vision impairments are incredibly common on the web. If your website doesn't work for people with low vision, you may be ...

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How to Make Your Website Accessible for People Who Are Deaf

Article PublishedSeptember 14, 2022Last UpdatedAugust 13, 2024 Written byEqualize Digital

Approximately 466 million people (over 5% of the world's population) worldwide have disabling hearing loss. This includes about 432 million adults and 34 million children. Disabling hearing loss is different for adults and children. An adult is ...

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The Internet is Unusable: The Disabled View: Nicolas Steenhout

The Internet is Unusable: The Disabled View: Nicolas Steenhout

Article PublishedApril 18, 2022Last UpdatedApril 9, 2025 Written byEqualize Digital

In this presentation, Nicolas Steenhout, blogger, podcaster, and public speaker, featured important aspects of accessibility that aren't as well known as others. He used findings from usability testing as well as quotes from disabled user experience ...

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How to Make Your Website Accessible for Deaf-Blind People

Article PublishedApril 6, 2022Last UpdatedAugust 29, 2024 Written byEqualize Digital

It is estimated that around 0.2% of the world's population is completely deaf-blind, and another 2% live with "milder forms" of deaf-blindness. This is screen reader text. Generally, someone who is deaf-blind has concomitant hearing and vision ...

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How to Make Your Website Accessible for Color-Blind People

Article PublishedOctober 17, 2021Last UpdatedSeptember 12, 2024 Written byAmber Hinds

Marketers, website content creators, designers, and developers need to consider how their color choices can impact people both on the web and in print marketing materials. Colorblindness is, unfortunately, an often forgotten disability that can make ...

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How to Make Your Website Accessible for Blind and Visually-Impaired People

Article PublishedFebruary 18, 2021Last UpdatedSeptember 18, 2024 Written byAmber Hinds

Whether you're a designer, developer, or content creator, you need to know how to make your website accessible to blind and visually impaired people. Learning how to create blind-friendly websites starts with understanding how blind people use the ...

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