DeQue University’s GAAD 2025 Web Accessibility Webinar

TLDR

Watch the webinar on web accessibility fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCZU_JKh3M

Summary

The webinar offered a great overview of accessibility, including types of disabilities, common challenges and key laws. 

Highlights

• 1.3 billion people worldwide have a disability, about the population of China.
• In the U.S., about 1 in 4 people (28.7%) experience a disability, including mobility, cognitive, hearing, and vision impairments.
• 80% of disabilities are invisible, such as color blindness, dyslexia, autism, PTSD, or hidden mobility issues.
• 95% of homepages among the world’s top 1 million websites are not fully accessible.
• Important accessibility laws include the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the global WCAG guidelines.
• Meeting accessibility standards is essential, but it doesn’t guarantee a good user experience for everyone.
• Different regions have different requirements: The U.S. enforces the ADA and Rehabilitation Act, while the EU supports the European Accessibility Act (EAA).
• “Seeing AI” is a useful phone app for people with vision impairments that can describe objects photographed in real time. It can read text, barcodes, and provide details about what’s in a photo. 

Takeaway

If “I’m new here, where do I start?” sounds like you, watch the video!

What's Next?

You watched the video. Now what? It's time to get acquainted with WCAG, commonly pronounced "wuh-cag" (rhymes with bag). 

Get started here: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines