Guide on email and web accessibility
This guide explores various disabilities and their impacts on user experiences in web and email environments. It also details best practices for each disability and ensures that your emails are fully optimized for an exceptional user experience.
With this guide, you will:
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explore various types of disabilities;
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investigate how these disabilities particularly impact web and email experiences;
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learn statistics on the likelihood that your users and subscribers have disabilities that might hinder their experience with your website, product, or emails if they are not optimized;
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receive guidance on optimizing websites and emails for users with all types of disabilities to ensure positive user experiences for your subscribers.
Some insights from the guide
Vision disorders
- 295 million people have moderate or severe visual impairments
- 258 million people have mild visual impairments
- 510 million people have near vision problems
- color blindness — affects 8% of men and 0.5% of women worldwide.
Hearing disorders
- total or partial deafness — affects 430 million people worldwide
- perceiving sounds of different loudness is a problem that affects 1.5 billion people
Mobility disorders
- 1.71 billion people worldwide suffer from musculoskeletal disease
Cognitive and neurological disorders
- over 3 billion people worldwide live with neurological diseases that affect cognitive function
- 1.9% of the global population suffers from autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Speech disorders
- stuttering, a common disorder characterized by disruptions in the flow of one’s speech, including repetitions, prolongations, and blocks of sounds or syllables — affects 1% to 5% of the population (80 million to 400 million people worldwide)