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As more essential services, jobs, healthcare, education, and communication move online, digital accessibility is becoming just as important as physical accessibility.

Yet 17% of Canadians with disabilities report barriers to Internet use. That number rises to 28% among people with very severe disabilities.

We’ve already seen the long-term consequences of treating physical accessibility as an afterthought, retrofitting spaces, systems, and infrastructure after barriers already exist.

Digital spaces give us an opportunity to do better from the beginning.

Proactive digital inclusion means designing websites, platforms, tools, and online experiences with accessibility in mind from day one, not years later when exclusion has already occurred.

Accessible design benefits everyone.

💻️ Learn more in our Trends Report, Article 3 | From Divide to Inclusion: Digital Access, Accessibility, and Skills Development https://buff.ly/4l6wJvX