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Why Accessibility Is A Critical Part Of Diversity
Equity And Inclusion
When you think of the term accessibility, it
refers to ensuring everyone with all types of
abilities can fully engage with your
organization. While there may be some rules about
accessibility to follow, they are the right
thing to do. Accessibility does not relate to
only physical accommodations like ramps,
automatic doors, and accessible restrooms. With
the internet boom and everyone turning online for
their information and needs, digital
accessibility is also quickly growing. While
ensuring digital compliance takes time,
resources, and knowledge, we can help you if you
want to make your inaccessible website
accessible. ADA Site Compliance is the 1 source
for all ADA website compliance issues, with an
expert team well-versed in all the legal and
regulatory requirements for compliance. What is
Digital Accessibility? Digital accessibility
includes designing and developing a digital world
for everyone to access. Everyone, whatever their
age, ability, or means of access to an inclusive
world, should be able to access websites, mobile
apps, and any digital experiences. Accessibility
is not necessarily a part of the design process.
It is when barriers are created, making it
di?cult for people with impairments to engage
and interact as usual, that makes it a
requirement. Why is Digital Accessibility
Important in the Company Hiring
Practices? Digital accessibility is essential
while hiring because if not, you lose out on
connecting with a large part of the population.
Digital accessibility lets you provide equal
access and opportunity to your customers and
potential and existing employees. Besides, the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires
all public accommodations, including websites, to
be accessible to people with disabilities. Even
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires
that people with impairments be able to access
federal agencies electronic and information
technology (EIT).
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• Who is a Diversity and Inclusion Manager, and
  What Do They Do?
• A DEI manager oversees a companys accessibility
  and diversity efforts and initiatives. They
  should have a bachelors HR degree or a related
  area specializing in diversity and inclusion. DEI
  managers should know EEO laws and regulations
  and have experience planning and managing DI
  programs and initiatives. Their myriad job
  responsibilities include
• Evaluating the companys current DEI strategy and
  culture
• Advising employees about the best practices for a
  welcoming work environment
• Creating relevant conferences, training programs,
  and workshops
• Investigating concerns on discrimination, sexual
  orientation, or harassment
• Measuring, tracking, and communicating DEI
  performance
• Building a pipeline of future volunteer leaders
• How your Digital Information and Experiences are
  a Part of DEI Initiatives
• Like most organizations and people, your audio,
  visual, or text content is most likely found on
  your website. Customers will visit your company
  or website for information, to make
  registrations, or buy things. So, they will go
  elsewhere if they cannot access the information
  they need. Besides, ensuring your website is
  accessible is also part of the law, and following
  the WCAG ensures compliance. Besides, you must
  ensure your digital information department is
  accessible to your current and potential
  employees. Job searchers will likely visit your
  website looking for potential career
  opportunities.
• Following the best systems for workplace
  disability inclusion, ranging from hiring to
  career development, helps. Besides, your
  existing employees may also want to access your
  business systems, software, and other tools.
  Having procurement policies making access
  selection criteria for vendors, software, and
  other tools is also helpful. Accessible hiring
  practices and workplace tools help you recruit
  and retain talented users with impairments.
  Studies have proven that companies that hire
  people with disabilities experience massive
  improvements in their everyday performances.

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• 3 Ways To Ensure Accessibility Remains a Part of
  Your DEI Initiatives
• Unfortunately, many brands and organizations
  overlook disability and website access in their
  DEI initiatives. Besides, some companies
  promoting diversity and inclusion forget impaired
  users speci?c needs and experiences. And this
  is often unintentional in most organizations. The
  remedy is often nothing complicated, raising
  awareness and breaking some longstanding
  disability stigma. These three simple steps go a
  long way in ensuring access remains an important
  part of your brand and organization.
• Promoting Awareness
• Most of the time, brands and even DEI leaders are
  unaware of disability and its multiple aspects.
  This lack of awareness leads to ignorance and
  limited appreciation of the many challenges users
  with disabilities face. Creating awareness and
  understanding of how challenging it is for users
  with disabilities to navigate the modern digital
  world settings go a long way toward helping
  organizations adopt steps to drive accessibility
  in all work aspects.
• Focus on Accessibility From the Start
• Most organizations struggle with compliance
  mainly because they treat it as an afterthought.
  Instead of implementing the necessary measures
  while creating their digital content, they tend
  to realize they have to add them only after
  creating their product. This leads to additional
  time and effort spent on it at an additional
  cost. It is even more di?cult if website access
  is ignored and only considered an add-on.
  Instead, focusing on and implementing
  access-related strategies from the start makes
  things much easier and less complicated.
• It is More than Visible Diversity
• Usually, the visible aspects of diversity that
  brands emphasize, like race, sexual orientation,
  and gender, are easily identi?able. As
  disabilities are relatively less visible, they
  often end up not receiving the same attention
  and consideration. Besides, disabilities are not
  biased based on factors like age, gender, or
  color and may affect anyone. This is why
  realizing and setting an appropriate groundwork
  for broader inclusion focuses for DEI initiatives
  to work on will prove bene?cial.

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Getting Started With Accessibility Things have
changed in how people today conduct research,
create something, work, and even navigate
through life every day. Most of these things are
done using the help of digital devices and
tools. Digital accessibility is the ?rst place to
start for anyone committed to inclusion. And we
here at ADA Site Compliance can do just that,
helping you in your accessibility effort. Our
team of experts practically breathes and lives
web compliance. We start by assessing how
accessible and compliant you are today, locating
the places needing improvement, and then
integrating the necessary strategies through your
processes, policies, and cultures. Contact ADA
Site Compliance today for all your website
compliance needs. For more information visit
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