Web accessibility is of benefit to all Internet users, whether able-bodied or disabled. Below are ten good reasons for supporting the e-accessibility label.
- It is a label which guarantees quality
- In the field, it offers tried and tested results for the disabled
- It places people back at the heart of the company
- A solution made accessible is sustainable
- It shows companies that responsibility pays
- It is a modern and very concrete method of action
- It breaks taboos
- It favours exchanges
- It is proof that technology can accompany people in the right direction
- It ensures profitable solutions
1. It is a label which guarantees quality
In order to guarantee quality, it is necessary to keep up to date and monitor future technologies. The label takes on its full meaning because it offers real social utility and because it involves collaborative work between certified experts, partner associations, and committed companies. This label rejects obsolescence but welcomes quintessence which is a result of meticulous work.
2. In the field, it offers tried and tested results for the disabled
Being an expert in accessibility means, above all, offering appropriate solutions that work. Accessible applications tested by blind people, or undergo conformity tests. These products which work enable real results to be obtained in companies.
3. It places people back at the heart of the company
Social IT according to e-accessibility aims to take account of the importance of people in their technological environment. The idea is to guarantee real promotion of work through access to content.
4. A solution made accessible is sustainable
A solution made accessible reduces maintenance costs, offers a code adapted to Web standards, enables natural referencing… conformity also means sustainability.
5. It shows companies that responsibility pays
The e-accessibility label helps the disabled, leads people towards social technologies and is designed to be eco-responsible.
6. It is a modern and very concrete method of action
Technical progress cannot be achieved without a social footprint. A technology is useful if, and only if, people support it and, above all, then adhere to it. This method of action offers access to jobs, supports humans through technology, promotes the work of the underprivileged: a label which has everything needed to be productive and creative.
7. It breaks taboos
Exclusion and discrimination create and reinforce taboos. The fight against discrimination through the promotion of work, thanks to access to productive technologies, can only be a source of real change and offer a new vision of the world of work.
8. It favours exchanges
A disabled person is considered to be deficient when he is excluded from technical resources which prevent him from developing. Yet, the disabled are able to offer technical competences which an able-bodied person is unable to provide, for example technical tests conducted by blind people. This collaboration offers a new dimension in the organisation of work by providing a new and underexploited source of wealth.
9. It is proof that technology can accompany people in the right direction
Digital accessibility is social in that it supports the physically and socially underprivileged in promoting their work. These new information technologies help the disabled to develop personally and professionally.
10. It ensures profitable solutions
An accessible solution reduces maintenance costs, offers natural referencing recognised by Internet search engines by means of its specific and structured code, is sustainable thanks to its conformity to WCAG 2.0, offers pleasant ergonomics, and is easily navigable by both the able-bodied and the disabled.
