Re: Hello? figures - Sarah Kuehnle

Thank you, John! I flagged this message and have added it to my ever
expanding accessibility/usability resources!

I've been fighting for over a year now to provide accessible web development
services where I work, and my boss is a facts and figures driven individual,
so this will certainly help!


Best Regards,
Sarah Kuehnle

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Morse" <John.Morse(at)uk.circle.com>
To: "'Sarah Kuehnle'" <sarah(at)thedesigngirl.com>; <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:53 AM
Subject: RE: Hello? figures - Sarah Kuehnle


Sarah Kuehnle wrote:
>>I wish I had the figures beside
me to quote from, but I know that the percentage of people with disabilities
in North America alone, makes designing for accessibility a smart business
practice.


here you go,
some of the figures (some out of date)I draw up on when presenting,
they are more UK European centric Im a afraid but as an addictional
sweetner,

ask your self this

how long do you spend making you web site viewable and useable to those
users who chose to use a Mac (sorry but they are a minority audience)
and how much time do you spend making sure that the disabled can use your
site ? who have no choice about the way they are restricted in the way they
use the web.

makes you think doesn't it?


� Over 15% (8.7 million) of people are disabled (18% working
population)
� 93% of disabled people live in their own homes
� Disabled people have a combined spending power of �50 billion (10%
UK total)
� There are 6 million carers of disabled people in the UK and 1:4 UK
households have regular contact with a disabled person

� Over 1 million people are registered as blind or partially sighted
� A further 700,000 people struggle to read standard print
� Over 1 million people have a learning difficulty, affecting their
written assimilation
� 5-8% of the male, and 1% of the female population have a colour
deficiency

� The population is ageing, by 2004, 40% will be over 45, when
disability increases
� 20% of people aged over 50 use online shopping sites
� Majority of on-line banking users are over 50
� By the year 2025 the world health organization predicts that 20% of
the world population will consist of '3rd agers'.
� The 3rd age generation is made up of a significant population of
individuals with multiple disabilities.


� Over 10 million (40%) UK households have Internet access, an
increase of 4 million in 1 year.
� Predictions are that this will increase to 60% by 2005 and reach 90%
by 2009
� By 2009 over 80% (40 million) of UK consumers will be using
interactive services
� 2/3 of these will not access the Internet on a PC; they will use
digital TV and mobile phones and will experience problems with inaccessible
Websites

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