Domain 2 | Module 6: Accessibility Benefits

Question 1

Name 8 parties that benefit from accessibility

Answer 1

1. The disabled
   
   2. Families
   3. Communities
   4. Society at large
   5. Groups
   6. Schools
   7. Employers
   8. Organizations

Question 2

True or False:

Acessibility enables disabled persons to participate in society, including education, work, social activities, and all other activities that promote health and happiness.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False:

Disabled persons are the only ones positively impacted by these enablements.

Answer 3

FALSE

Disabled persons are NOT the only ones positively impacted by these enablements.

Families, communities, and society at large benefits from the increased independence of more individuals.

Question 4

How does accessibility benefit technology and societal development?

Answer 4

Groups, schools, employers, and orgs also benefit from these inclusive efforts as it drives innovation and improvements in problem-solving for current issues.

Question 5

What are the four rings of influence accessibility can have?

Answer 5

Individual → Family → Community → Society

Question 6

Name four benefits of accessibility for people with disabilities

Answer 6

1. They are not isolated or hidden from society
2. They can participate in society as full, valued citizens
3. They receive increased opportunities to generate greater family income and wealth potential
4. They can access childcare and education to seek to break the cyle of poverty

Question 7

True or False:

The cost for individuals to live more dependently is usually lower than the cost of the technologies that would enable them to be independent.

Answer 7

FALSE

The cost for individuals to live more dependently is usually GREATER than the cost of the technologies that would enable them to be independent.

Question 8

Name two benefits of accessibility for society according to the The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII)

Answer 8

1. Increased independence strengthens society through empowering more contributors to technological innovation and growth
2. Increased independence benefits the society’s economy

What organization lists these benefits?

Question 9

Name three ways that increasing independence amongst individuals through accessibility benefit a society’s economy?

Answer 9

1. Including people with disabilities, increases the taxpayer base and reduces the cost of support for various industries
2. Preventing an elderly person from moving to assisted living by giving them accessible work for even six months would save society’s billions
3. This decreases the social costs of lowered productivity

Question 10

What organization wrote the article entitled…

“The Business Case for Digital Accessibility.”

Answer 10

The World Wide Web Consortium’s

Question 11

What constitutes a business according to the World Wide Web Consortium’s article “The Business Case for Digital Accessibility.”

Answer 11

Any type of organization, including commercial, educational, non-profit, and governmental conducting operations or services offered to the public.

Question 12

Name the three ways that accessibility benefits business

Answer 12

1: Drives innovation, removing architectural, digital, and social barriers

2: Increases market reach for a large and growing audience

3: Minimizes legal risk for requirements that are legally mandated

Question 13

True or False:

A driverless cars that reduces wrecks and congestion is accurate example of a case in which accessibility drives innovation.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False:

An artificial retina that helps humans to train robots to improve their image processing is accurate example of a case in which accessibility drives innovation

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False:

The market for disabled persons is large but decreasing with age globally

Answer 15

FALSE

The market for disabled persons is large and GROWING with age globally

Question 16

What percentage of the population has some form of disability? What total number does that amount to?

Answer 16

16% of the world population (1.3 billion) is estimated to have this.

Question 17

The extended market is estimated to have how many dollars in annual disposable income?

Answer 17

6 trillion dollars

Question 18

True or False:

According to Microsoft, overall customer satisfaction doesn’t meaningfully improve when accessibility features are improved.

Answer 18

False

As accessibility features are improved, overall customer satisfaction improves (Microsoft)

Question 19

True or False:

Accessibility provided options are useful only to certain customers with disabilities as it is designed especially for them.

Answer 19

False

Accessibility provided options are useful to ALL customers in various situations, not just those with disabilities.

Question 20

What do the below scenarios exemplify in common in terms of the need for accessibility?

People at large within society using smartphones which having tiny screens and controls

Temporary disabilities such as an broken arm

A noisy rock concert

Answer 20

Accessibility provided options are useful to all customers in various situations, not just those with disabilities.

Question 21

True or False:

There is currently no legal precedent for accessibility considerations.

Answer 21

False

Some accessibilitiy requirements are legally mandated.