Accessibility Isn’t Optional. Here’s What You Need To Know.
Written by
Rich Chivers
Published on Jan. 03, 2024
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Sixteen percent of the world’s population — or one in six people — live with a disability. Forward-thinking businesses know that making reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities is not just a legal or ethical obligation. It can quite literally remove barriers to purchase, helping to drive revenue and strengthen their brand’s reputation among customers with and without disabilities.
Organizations that fail to do so in the U.K. will often rightly be called out and could face action under the Equality Act 2010. [...]