Putting the spotlight on accessibility - two powerful use cases show the way

If employers are to make their workplaces truly inclusive for people with disabilities, ensuring they are accessible in both a physical and digital sense is vital.

But, according to Gregory Burke, Founder and Chair of AccessAble, which provides accessibility guides covering UK and Irish venues, many organizations still have a long way to go. In a recent blog, he stated:

Most organizations think they have an accessibility strategy. In reality, they have a compliance position and a set of assumptions. That gap is costing them more than they may realize...Accessibility is fundamentally about making it easier for everyone [which includes parents of young children, older and neurodiverse people] to use your services as they are intended. It is about removing friction from systems: buildings, campuses, workplaces, and services.

Failing to do so can show up directly in budgets and balance sheets, Burke believes. But it can also indirectly hit...

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