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The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.</p> </div> <div class="cta-buttons"> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module standard-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff"> <div class="container-wrapper layout1" style="padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 40px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> The GAAD Foundation </h2> <div class="subcontent" style="color: #22262A;"> <p>The <a href="https://gaad.foundation">GAAD Foundation</a> was launched in 2021 to mark GAAD’s 10th anniversary. Its mission is to disrupt the culture of technology and digital product development to include accessibility as a core requirement.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module standard-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff"> <div class="container-wrapper layout1" style="padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 40px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> What is Digital Accessibility? </h2> <div class="subcontent" style="color: #22262A;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Digital accessibility refers to the ability of people with disabilities/impairments to independently consume and/or interact with digital (e.g., web, mobile) applications and content. Take a look at WebAIM’s <a href="https://webaim.org/projects/million/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The WebAIM Million</a>, for a current snapshot of trends and issues regarding web accessibility.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module standard-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff"> <div class="container-wrapper layout1" style="padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 40px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> State of Accessibility </h2> <div class="subcontent" style="color: #22262A;"> <p style="text-align: center;">In 2020, <a href="https://webaim.org/">WebAIM</a> analyzed one million home pages for accessibility issues and found the following:</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module number-column-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div class="container-wrapper"> <h3 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #22262A; font-size: 20px;"> According to WebAIM Million Report </h3> <ul class="number-column-items layout2"> <li class="column-item"> <span class="number-text" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 56px;">98.1%</span> <span class="side-text" style="color: #22262A; font-size: 20px;">Home Pages With At Least One WCAG 2.0 Failure</span> </li> <li class="column-item"> <span class="number-text" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 56px;"> 60.9</span> <span class="side-text" style="color: #22262A; font-size: 20px;">Average Number of Errors Per Home Page</span> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="module bar-graph-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div class="container-wrapper" style="padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 20px;"> <figure class="graph-container"> <figcaption class="graph-desc " style="text-align: center; color: #22262a; font-size: 20px;">Causes of Most Common Accessibility Failures (% of Home Pages)</figcaption> <div class="graph-content" aria-label="A bar chart showing information: Low Contrast Text 86.3%; Missing Image Alt Text 66%; Empty Links 59.9%; Missing Form Input Labels 53.8%; Empty Buttons 28.7%; Missing Document Language 28%; " role="img"> <div class="bar-item" aria-hidden="true" data-labelwidth-percent="23" data-bar-percentage="86.3" data-mobile-width="767" style="font-size: 20; color: #22262A;"> <span class="bar-label">Low Contrast Text</span><span class="bar-fill" style="background-color: #01A0E4;"></span><span class="percentage">86.3%</span> </div> <div class="bar-item" aria-hidden="true" data-labelwidth-percent="23" data-bar-percentage="66" data-mobile-width="767" style="font-size: 20; color: #22262A;"> <span class="bar-label">Missing Image Alt Text</span><span class="bar-fill" style="background-color: #01A0E4;"></span><span class="percentage">66%</span> </div> <div class="bar-item" aria-hidden="true" data-labelwidth-percent="23" data-bar-percentage="59.9" data-mobile-width="767" style="font-size: 20; color: #22262A;"> <span class="bar-label">Empty Links</span><span class="bar-fill" style="background-color: #01A0E4;"></span><span class="percentage">59.9%</span> </div> <div class="bar-item" aria-hidden="true" data-labelwidth-percent="23" data-bar-percentage="53.8" data-mobile-width="767" style="font-size: 20; color: #22262A;"> <span class="bar-label">Missing Form Input Labels</span><span class="bar-fill" style="background-color: #01A0E4;"></span><span class="percentage">53.8%</span> </div> <div class="bar-item" aria-hidden="true" data-labelwidth-percent="23" data-bar-percentage="28.7" data-mobile-width="767" style="font-size: 20; color: #22262A;"> <span class="bar-label">Empty Buttons</span><span class="bar-fill" style="background-color: #01A0E4;"></span><span class="percentage">28.7%</span> </div> <div class="bar-item" aria-hidden="true" data-labelwidth-percent="23" data-bar-percentage="28" data-mobile-width="767" style="font-size: 20; color: #22262A;"> <span class="bar-label">Missing Document Language</span><span class="bar-fill" style="background-color: #01A0E4;"></span><span class="percentage">28%</span> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </section> <section class="module side-image-column-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div class="container-wrapper" style="padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 60px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px;"> Population Affected By Inaccessibility </h2> <div class="subcontent" style="color: #22262A;"> <p>From both a civil rights and a business perspective, people with disabilities are underserved by today’s digital products.</p> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="side-image"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1488" height="880" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1.png 1488w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-300x177.png 300w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-1024x606.png 1024w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-768x454.png 768w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-1200x710.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1488px) 100vw, 1488px" /> </div> <div class="side-image mobile-image"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1488" height="880" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1.png 1488w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-300x177.png 300w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-1024x606.png 1024w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-768x454.png 768w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/worldwide-population1-1200x710.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1488px) 100vw, 1488px" /> </div> <div class="content-container" style="color: #22262a; font-size: 40px;"> <p><span class="emphasis-text">1 Billion</span> <span style="text-align: right;">People Worldwide Have Disabilities</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module col-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div class="container-wrapper" style="padding-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 60px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 40px;"> Common Disabilities/Impairments </h2> <ul class="col-container layout4"> <li class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-auto"> <img decoding="async" width="184" height="184" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/visual.svg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 0px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 20px; color: #01385e; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> Visual </h3> <div class="item-content normal-text" style="text-align: center;"> <p>People who are blind need alternative text descriptions for meaningful images and use the keyboard and not a mouse to interact with interactive elements.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-auto"> <img decoding="async" width="184" height="184" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/auditory.svg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 0px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 20px; color: #01385e; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> Hearing </h3> <div class="item-content normal-text" style="text-align: center;"> <p>People who are deaf or hard of hearing will need captioning for video presentations and visual indicators in place of audio cues.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-auto"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="184" height="184" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/motor.svg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 0px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 20px; color: #01385e; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> Motor </h3> <div class="item-content normal-text" style="text-align: center;"> <p>People with motor impairments may need alternative keyboards, eye control or some other adaptive hardware to help them type and navigate on their devices.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-auto"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="184" height="184" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cognitive.svg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 0px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 20px; color: #01385e; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> Cognitive </h3> <div class="item-content normal-text" style="text-align: center;"> <p>An uncluttered screen, consistent navigation and the use of plain language would be useful for people with different learning disabilities/impairments.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="bottom-content-container"> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module col-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #f5f5f5;"> <div class="container-wrapper" style="padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 100px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;"> Accessibility Removes Barriers and Unlocks the Possible </h2> <div class="col-subcontent" style="color: #22262a;"> <p>Here are some examples of how inclusive design and development can impact lives.</p> </div> <div class="col-container layout4"> <div class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-full"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="308" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jamie-knight.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jamie standing on stage raising right arm and holding stuffed lion with left arm" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jamie-knight.png 560w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jamie-knight-300x165.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 16px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 0px; color: #22262a; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> Cognitive Accessibility- Jamie Knight & Lion </h3> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBzXBY9G2u4" aria-label="Watch Now (Cognitive Accessibility- Jamie Knight & Lion)" class="link-btn btn-full" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: #01385E ; color: #fff;">Watch Now</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-full"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="308" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/james-rath-tim-cook-apple.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="two men talking while sitting at square table in large outdoor patio" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/james-rath-tim-cook-apple.png 560w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/james-rath-tim-cook-apple-300x165.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 16px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 0px; color: #22262a; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> James Learns About Apple’s Take on Accessibility </h3> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXy8KcONTSs&t=174s" aria-label="Watch Now (James Learns About Apple’s Take on Accessibility)" class="link-btn btn-full" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: #01385E ; color: #fff;">Watch Now</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-full"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="308" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/danny-microsoft.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="boy in wheelchair with laptop attached; he’s smiling and there’s a large fireplace in the background" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/danny-microsoft.png 560w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/danny-microsoft-300x165.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 16px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 0px; color: #22262a; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> Justin Finds a Voice Through Inclusive Technology </h3> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQztMZQXMO8" aria-label="Watch Now (Justin Finds a Voice Through Inclusive Technology)" class="link-btn btn-full" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: #01385E ; color: #fff;">Watch Now</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-full"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="308" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rikki-poynter.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Rikki with pensive look and gesturing slightly with hands" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rikki-poynter.png 560w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rikki-poynter-300x165.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; padding: 16px;"> <h3 style=" margin-top: 0px; color: #22262a; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> Rikki Explains How Apple Accessibility Helps Her </h3> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyc5Q58rjw4" aria-label="Watch Now (Rikki Explains How Apple Accessibility Helps Her)" class="link-btn btn-full" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: #01385E ; color: #fff;">Watch Now</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bottom-content-container"> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module col-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff;"> <div class="container-wrapper" style="padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 80px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 40px;"> Ways You Can Help </h2> <ul class="col-container layout3"> <li class="col-contents" style="color: #22262a;"> <div class="item-image image-auto"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="424" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/attend-illustration@2x.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/attend-illustration@2x.png 768w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/attend-illustration@2x-300x166.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /> </div> <div class="item-contents-container" style="background-color: #fff; 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