The Magic of Big Numbers - Issue 04-2025

Large data surveys on digital accessibility are conducted again and again: thousands of websites with tens of thousands of errors, 99 percent inaccessible, and so on.

The numbers may be correct, but a critical assessment is missing. This will be briefly provided here:

  • Automated testing tools produce many false positives and false negatives. This is fine, but a description of the methodology and a critical assessment are missing.
  • The survey is usually not intended to gain knowledge, but rather for self-marketing. This can be legitimate, but marketing tends to focus on producing large numbers that rarely contain meaningful insights.
  • The significance is limited. Formal accessibility and usability for people with disabilities are not always the same thing, but are often suggested out of ignorance or for PR purposes.

Interesting Articles

Is the accessibility community discrimnating the Voices of disabled persons?

Are disabled People discriminated in the digital Accessibility Community?

The blind Steve Weidel talks About the possibilities of AI to improve the life of disabled persons.

Talk with the blind Steve Weidel on the Role of A.I. for digital Accessibility

WebAIM has published a survey on salaries for accessibility professionals, although this also includes people who work with assistive technologies. This is likely the reason for the very high proportion of people with disabilities in the statistics. Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey

What is the cost of exclusion? This is the question posed by Deque's contribution.

Digital accessibility and the cost of exclusion

This document shows how roles and responsibilities are distributed in digital accessibility.

DRAFT Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM)

Not new, but interesting: there is a—unfortunately very expensive—standard for universal design.

BS EN 17161:2019

If you're not prepared for the European Accessibility Act, then you're not in good company. According to Storyblok, 75 percent of companies are not yet fully prepared for the BFSG. Unfortunately, the methodology isn't described, but it appears to be a survey of senior-level employees.

75% of Businesses Unprepared For European Accessibility Act

This article describes how accessibility requirements can be integrated into the organization.

Building accessibility habits in your organisation

Good news of the month

German: The DIN Spec for Easy Language has been published and, unlike the DIN standards, is even available for free download.

DIN SPEC 33429:2025-03

Apparently, the first apprentice has completed his training as an accessibility expert.

Met Office employee becomes world's first digital accessibility apprenticeship graduate

A brain-computer interface is combined with NVIDIA's AI.

Synchron's Brain-Computer Interface Now Has Nvidia's AI

The American Council of the Blind is helping the National Football League improve the game experience for blind and visually impaired fans.

The American Council of the Blind to Provide Advisory Services to the National Football League

MIT presents an idea for making graphs more accessible to blind people.

A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers

Gamers with disabilities should find games with accessibility options more easily.

Game companies will standardize accessibility labels on storefronts and product pages

A cosmetics company wants to make makeup more accessible.

Tilt Beauty launches accessible makeup packaging with inclusive design

This article also deals with cosmetics companies that are working on making products more accessible.

The beauty brands that are paving the way for disability inclusivity through their packaging

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