Software designers and IT know the importance of a good user experience. However, accessibility by design isn’t as pervasive as it should be. That will change as accessibility is integrated into more university programs.
Today’s businesses are more employee-friendly than they’ve been historically, but they could do a better job of making technology accessible to those with special needs. When most people think about user experience (UX) design, graphics, video, colors, sounds, words and performance come to mind, but not all users benefit equally from the same types of designs.
According to the Federal Communications Commission, approximately 36 million Americans suffer from hearing loss and 25 million suffer from vision loss. Failure to integrate accessibility into UX designs negatively impacts the productivity of workers who could use the assistance. And, of course, there are compliance issues.
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