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Making a Business Case
for AccessibilityA Guide and Discussion
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Your Instructor:Lynn Wehrman
Founder/PresidentWeCo Accessibility Services
• Communications background
• Federal program coordination
• Early government digital accessibility specialist
• Digital document accessibility pioneer
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WeCo Accessibility Services
Not your typical accessibility company:
As a mission-base company, accessibility isn’t simply a
“product” we’ve added to enhance our bottom line.
It’s how we live each day.
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Your accessibility needs are our mission
We’re Invested
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SME’s at your service!
Our Accessibility Specialists and Certified Test Consultants
• Live with disabilities
• Trained and certified
• Grasp digital needs from the user’s perspective
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Today’s WebinarMaking a Business Case for Accessibility
1. How did we get here? Accessibility, Human Rights & the Law➢ Does fear motivate?
2. A New, Socially Aware Culture
3. The Benefits of Accessibility: Quantified ROI and Risk Management
4. Addressing Roadblocks: How do we convince others?
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How Did We Get Here?
Accessibility, Human Rights
and the Law
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Human Right’s Forward Momentum
See alternative text tag for information in a SmartArt chart.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Rights Commission
1948 Declaration of Human Rights
1993UN Human Rights
High Commissioner post created / Paris Principal adopted
2008 Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities
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Accessibility as a Human
Right
“There has been a paradigm shift in the recognition of the human rights of people with disabilities, especially and crucially, their right to effective participation in all spheres of life on an equal basis with others.”
-United Nations Human RightsOffice of the High Commissioner
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Can we put the Genie back in the bottle?
• Is accessibility bad for business?
• Can we roll back requirements?
• What will be the impact?
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December 2017: ADA Web Rules Withdrawn
Has the train left the station?• Strong trend of rulings against
defendants
• Lawsuits continue to be filed
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Legal Obscurity and ADA Lawsuits
Lawsuits20152016
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Lawsuits
Lawsuits
• 2015: 4,789
• 2016: 6,601
• 2017: 7,633
• 2018: 10,163
• 33% increase from 2013
• Figures expected to increase in 2019
SOURCES: Lainey Feingold andSeyfarth/Shaw findings on website inaccessibility lawsuits
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A New Socially Aware Culture
What Happens When Human Rights
and Social Responsibility
Govern our Choices?
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The Socially Driven
Marketplace
“According to a 2013 survey, 2.5 billion consumers worldwide, representing 36.4 percent of the global population, are ‘aspirationals’—they define themselves in part through brands, and yet believe they have a responsibility to purchase products that are good for the environment and society.”-BBMG “From Obligation to Desire” study
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Cause Sponsorship • $2.23 billion 2019
• 4.5% increase over 2018
SOURCE: Edelman’s 2018 Brand Study
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The Consumer that Cares
Chooses to do business with organizations that demonstrate they are:
• Responsible (86%)
• Caring (85%)
• Advocate for issues (81%)
• Protect the environment (79%)
SOURCE: ”Purpose 2020” Report (Kantar-2018)
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Does Fear Motivate?
To a point.
Belief in an initiative yields longer term impacts.
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The Benefits of Accessibility
Quantified ROI and Risk Management
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Accessible Design is More Inclusive
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A growing number of us need digital accessibility
• 19% of Americans live with a disabilities (US Census 2012)
• 54 % of adults living with a disability go online (Pew Internet Project 2011)
The number of us living with disabilities will grow as our population ages.
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Accessible Design is Welcoming
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Accessible Design Improves Usability for Everyone
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Accessible Design Improves SEO
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Accessible Design Manages Risk
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Accessible Design Improves Your Image
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Accessible Design Inspires Innovation
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Addressing Accessibility Roadblocks
What’s holding us back?
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A Culture of Unspoken Nonacceptance
Observations surrounding disability inclusion:• Discomfort
• Responsibility is someone else’s
• It doesn’t impact us:• We don’t hire or do business
with this demographic
= cost cannot be justified
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Disability Demographic Shifts
• Largest minority group in US and globally
• 20% of US population
• 1 out of 5 potential customers
• Projected to grow exponentially as Baby Boomers retire
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Blindness in the US
“With the youngest of the baby boomers hitting 65 by 2029, the number of people with visual impairment or blindness in the United States is expected to double to more than 8 million by 2050…”
-National Institutes of Health / May 2016
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What is holding us back?
• Be honest
• Accept what you learn
• Address without judgement
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Bringing Others Onboard
Nothing happens until someone sells something.
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How do we convince?
Define the terms of the discussion• Essential with an
unfamiliar topic
Listen to reservations• Acknowledge/identify
• Ask questions: identify mutual knowledge gaps
• Roadmap and may be a “buying sign”
• Gain their TRUST
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How do we convince?
Make a good argument• Gather facts• Look at all sides• Develop reasoning• Back up reasoning with facts
Make it personal• How will it impact their work?• Who do they know who will be impacted?
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What are the basic facts?Making a Business Case for Accessibility
Broaden the reach of audiencesIncrease traffic to the website
Expand potential market shareIncrease search ranking potential
Improve the site and increase usability for all visitorsGenerate positive PR and brand awareness
Demonstrate a commitment and care for people with disabilitiesComply with legislation to reduce legal liabilities
Protect the brandStandardize Web design, build and maintenance
Cut overall production costs.
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How do we demonstrate them?
FACT
• Laws
• Audience needs
• Economic impacts
• Social impacts
BACKUP
• Cautionary legal tales
• Statistics and case studies
• Spending power and networking capabilities
• Project figures
• Personal stories
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Is it good business?
The question has changed from, “can we afford to do it?”
to “can we afford NOT
to do it?”
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Finding InformationMaking a Business Case for Accessibility
WeCo’s Make a Business Case for Accessibility Resource Page
US Department of Labor
US Census Bureau
US Centers for Disease Control
Pew Research: Internet Focus
Disabled World
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Presenting Information
SHOW instead of tell• Device
demonstrations
• Personal impact stories
Bottom Line Awareness
• Accessibility as a way to attract business
• How accessibility secured contracts
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Presenting Information
Your competitors• Accessibility work
• Accessibility profile
Public perception• Is insensitivity
costing us more than money?
• How could that translate into dollars down the road?
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Making a case
begins with belief
“Accessibility is a journey that includes
much more than changes in code.
It’s the change inside of us that is the most important one of all.”
-Lynn WehrmanWorld Information
Architecture Day-Mpls2019
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Mission-Based Resources
Free and Low CostMaking accessibility possible for everyone
• Free Accessibility Library
• Accessibility Blog
• Accessibility QuickTip Learning Emails
• Accessibility Twin Cities MeetUp
• Free and affordable “single seat” training classesFree public learning events
See our website: theweco.com
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Training
Training makes your business case
• MeetUps
•Free Training
•Low Cost Training
•Lunch and Learn Demonstrations
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