05 Feb 2021 | Accessibility Bulletin
Our weekly roundup of the media’s key articles on the topic of digital accessibility.
UK | Launch of industry-wide diversity census
The Inclusion Group has pledged to compile a demographic record of the UK’s advertising workforce and use it as a benchmark for progress.
US | The Pandemic And Accessibility
Forbes discusses lauded tech journalist Kara Swisher’s prognostications for 2021…“The coronavirus has forced the kind of work experimentation that would have taken a decade otherwise.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2021/01/04/on-the-pandemic-and-accessibility/
ALL | Despite efforts majority fail – understand your risk for free
Present methods, reactive and adhoc - expensive and not solving issue. Present reporting tells management what they want to hear. Suppliers signing of their own work – wouldn’t allow builders to do this. Until compliancy and self-approval are disrupted continued failure endemic.
US | Digital Accessibility Lawsuits
In 2020, there were 2,058 lawsuits and 265,000 estimated demand letters sent. Accessibility.com has a list of all Digital Accessibility lawsuits.
https://www.accessibility.com/digital-lawsuits?hsLang=en