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Statistics on disabilities, as well as on accessibility issues, are valuable for shaping advocacy messages.

Accessibility issues on the web

Various organisations collect representative data about the state of accessiblity on the web.

Automated analysis of the million most popular websites in the world, using the WAVE tool.

levelaccess.com/2020-state-of-digital-accessibility-report

almanac.httparchive.org/en/2020/accessibility

Disabilities

General

Who Can Use

whocanuse.com

"Who Can Use" differs from other colour contrast tools in that it not only highlights the contrast of a chosen colour combination, but also presents instant statistics what share of users might be negatively impacted by it and simulates how they would see it.

2020

Website accessibility: disability statistics

powermapper.com/blog/website-accessibility-disability-statistics/

Country-specific

Germany

7.8 million severely disabled people living in Germany - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)

destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2018/06/PE18_228_227.html

Last edited: Aug 2024