Mobile accessibility

interesting reading

*Accessibility is vitally important for people with disabilities and older
mobile users*

Should the mobile industry be talking more about accessibility? A new
report on the number of people with disabilities worldwide could provide a
powerful incentive to users and developers alike. It estimated that there
are now more than 1 billion people around the world who experience some
form of disability, with 110-190 million of them encountering significant
difficulties. In an age of mind-boggling advances in information and
communication technologies, the wider implications are enormous.

The statistics come from the first-ever World Report on Disability from the
World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank offer insight into the
market value of designing for accessibility.

   - *Link to article:*
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/smart-accessibility/accessibility-disabilities-older-mobile-users<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTExMTI5LjQxNjQ5NjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTExMTI5LjQxNjQ5NjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc5Njk4MCZlbWFpbGlkPWppbWFsbGFuQHRzYnZpLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9amltYWxsYW5AdHNidmkuZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.guardian.co.uk/smart-accessibility/accessibility-disabilities-older-mobile-users>
   - *Full 350 page Report: World Report on Disability*
   http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789240685215_eng.pdf<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTExMTI5LjQxNjQ5NjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTExMTI5LjQxNjQ5NjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc5Njk4MCZlbWFpbGlkPWppbWFsbGFuQHRzYnZpLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9amltYWxsYW5AdHNidmkuZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789240685215_eng.pdf>


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Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964