{"id":4781,"date":"2022-07-08T09:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T09:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accessbydesign.uk\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:02:04","slug":"july-is-disability-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accessbydesign.uk\/abd\/july-is-disability-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"July is Disability Pride Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events are important<\/h2>\n

We need events to remember the crucial issues that affect large groups of people. Whether it is a specific awareness day, week, month or a live event such as a rally or a march, it is vital that we have them. There are so many things going on in our lives, all of them competing and demanding our immediate attention, they will drop off our radar otherwise.<\/p>\n

I understand that. Everyone who works in raising disability awareness understands this, this is why we keep posting and sharing each other's posts because we all have the common aim of getting the message out there. For us all, every day, every week, every month is about Disability Pride.<\/p>\n

We have such a long way to go<\/h2>\n

I have talked incessantly about website accessibility for disabled people for 15 years, whether people really wanted to hear about it or not.<\/p>\n

I have talked to business owners about the huge economic benefits of making your website accessible for disabled people, 80 billion quid, after all, is quite a decent chunk of money to tap into.<\/p>\n

I have talked about the legal requirements and the need to avoid litigation.<\/p>\n

I have seen lights turned in people's eyes as the penny drops with them but still no action is taken.<\/p>\n

And this is why<\/h2>\n

I am reminded of the following I came across recently:<\/p>\n