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It is estimated that 15% of the global population are people with disabilities and this number significantly increases to 53% when families of those living with disabled people with disability are taken into account. Around the world, people with disabilities face countless challenges on a daily basis. In addition to physical and societal barriers, they often experience discrimination and exclusion – which is why it’s so important to ensure that they have a voice in society.

The Valuable 500 is a global initiative that’s working to do just that: give a voice to people with disabilities. Founded by social entrepreneur Caroline Casey the Valuable 500, is the largest community of Global CEOs committed to disability inclusion in business.

The Valuable 500 was launched at the World Economic Forum in 2019 and some of the biggest global businesses have joined the campaign for inclusion. On International Women’s Day 2022, the Valuable 500, launched the world’s first independently expert reviewed global directory of B2B consultants and service providers specialized in disability inclusion and accessibility. It is a global business collective made up of 500 CEO’s and their companies, innovating together for disability inclusion.

BarrierBreak is proud to be signing up recently to The Valuable 500 along with some global leaders such as Google, Intel, Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Barclays, Deloitte, HSBC, IBM, Lloyds, Adobe, Oracle etc to name a few.

Shilpi Kapoor, CEO & Founder, BarrierBreak commented – “BarrierBreak believes and has always been working towards inclusion and are proud to be on board with the Valuable 500’s global inclusion movement. We have delivered top class digital accessibility services to our customers across the globe for over 20+ years and we are committed to make a difference globally and catalyze a positive change in the field of digital accessibility.”

On being collaborated with the Valuable 500, our customers can be assured our commitment to quality, innovation, accessibility and excellent customer service is stronger than ever. With a team where 65% are employees with disability, we are proud to join the companies in the Valuable 500 and help break down barriers and create a limitless future.

We at BarrierBreak are committed to work diligently to uphold the high standards set by the Valuable 500 and hope to continue to surpass our clients’ expectations.

For more information please visit: www.thevaluable500.com

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The adoption of technology in the education sector has seen a steep & unprecedented acceleration and it is a growth opportunity for the Edtech companies. It feels like an overnight shift from education institutes who were using only a Learning Management System to suddenly moving everything online.

The online tools are needed for all aspects of teaching, learning, content, infrastructure, management, such as:

• infrastructure tools such as learning management systems, video conferencing tools
• online course – including content
• content creation tools
• students & parental engagement
• testing and assessments
• internship management
• admissions
• data analytics

So where does Accessibility fall in the midst of all this.

Reason 1 – The Law mandates Equal access to Education

The education sector was one of the first adopters of disability inclusion & accessibility and the reason was quite simple, equal access to education is a mandate.

Whether you look at Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), inclusion of people with disabilities is education is no longer optional. So your customers are already looking for solutions that can be used by all their students, faculty and staff.

Reason 2 – Technology Procured needs to be Accessible to all

Today, at the time of procurement every school, college, university is asking the question of “How Accessible is your Product?”, “Is your product Section 508 compliant?” and “Do you have a VPAT?”

Section 508 requires that all electronics & information technology is accessible. The standard that Section 508 references is the Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG).

So why wait to adopt Accessibility? Be ahead of your competition! Let Accessibility be your advantage!

Reason 3 – Increase your Customer Base

Did you know that there are globally a Billion people with disabilities. Adopting Web Content Accessibility Guideline only improves your product and ensures that a larger cross section of population can also utilise your solution.

So now you have the opportunity to be an Inclusive Product, attract more customers and increase your customer base!

So to all the Edtech companies our there, don’t wait! Book an appointment with our Account Management team and get moving on your accessibility journey!

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