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Here’s something you probably didn’t know.

Of all the content written on a webpage, roughly only 20% of that content is read by the user. Nowadays, users consume mostly images and videos, so when they consume text, they scan it and pick out the most important words.

However, not all users have the ability to scan through text seamlessly.

Roughly five to ten percent of Canadians live with Dyslexia, a disability that can be difficult to diagnose. Due to the different severity levels of Dyslexia, it’s essential to update your digital content so all users can easily consume that information.

Planning is part of creating, maintaining, and growing a business. You plan for the initial start-up. You plan for its ongoing progress. And you plan on how to increase your business’s success. However, within that plan should be a strategy to address accessibility barriers affecting your staff and clients. Although new legislation mandates companies and organizations to create a more accessible environment, there are still barriers that affect the everyday life of people with disabilities.

Nowadays, it’s not just about having a website. It’s about making sure that everyone, including people with disabilities, can access and use it.

What can you do as a business, or organization, to ensure disabled users can access the content, products, and services they need as your business adopts new technologies?

Have you tested your website recently? Not for common error pages or new customer journey maps but to see if users with disabilities can use the website as seamlessly as those without disabilities.

People with disabilities often face barriers in their everyday lives that prevent them from fully participating at work or in other aspects of society. With the goal of getting rid of this discrimination related to disabilities, the government began the development of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in 1994.