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Scott Hollier, Adjunct Senior Lecturer - Science and Mathematics, Edith Cowan University

Digital inequality: why can I enter your building – but your website shows me the door?

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When people hear the term “accessibility” in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people navigate public spaces). These are physical examples of inclusive practice that most people understand.

You may even use these features yourself, for convenience, as you go about your day. However, such efforts to create an inclusive physical world aren’t being translated into designing the digital world.

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