Click-Away Pound

Researching the online shopping experience of people with disabilities.

[Scope for business @Scope_business]

Businesses lose money every day due to inaccessible websites and apps.

➡️ 7 in 10 disabled customers click away from a site they find difficult to use
➡️ £17.1 billion= amount businesses lost to inaccessible sites in 2019
➡️ £274 billion= Purple Pound

https://t.co/Dqrao2AozP

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

Visually impaired users complain after rail websites go greyscale for Prince Philip https://t.co/g1Z61Y2nkD

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

What is it about disability in this government?

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room.
https://t.co/whsXngt0HH

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

The minister for disabled people has been told by 10 user-led organisations of their “serious concerns and disappointment” about his efforts to engage with disabled people on the government’s proposed national disability strategy.
https://t.co/ffIcUQ2dJH

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

A private sector contractor has been announced by the government as a “gold standard” employer of disabled people, just as a coroner was implicating the company in the decision of a young disabled mum to take her own life.
https://t.co/XUab4yvlks

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

https://t.co/iuQluFK16Q

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

Retailers don't generally build in accessible shops so why do they build inaccessible website? And inaccessible website is a failure of management and it is not solely the developers fault. @Freeneywilliams #A11Y

[AbilityNet @AbilityNet]

It's #PurpleTuesday 💜, so all day we'll share useful info to help improve customer experiences for disabled people. This factsheet is all about how to complain about inaccessible websites and make a difference:
https://t.co/vdSXWPJiNE

@PurpleTuesNov @EASShelpline @CAPsurvey

[Scope for business @Scope_business]

Did you know? Up to 1 in every 10 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia.🧐

Despite this, the web #accessibility needs of people with #dyslexia are often overlooked.

Learn how to make your writing and web content more accessible with this guide.
https://t.co/UzFdLxFJW3

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Disability hate crime prosecutions plummet, while Home Office stays silent
https://t.co/GbLs9GD9Wz

[Rick Williams @freeneywilliams]

Disability: towards global best practice - BDF https://t.co/GbZTUb3Ou0

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Little progress has been made in the 12 years since a ground-breaking investigation exposed how disabled people were being “harassed, attacked, humiliated and even killed” because their lives were considered less valuable than others, says a new report.

https://t.co/WhX6LfYuF7

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Hundreds of disabled people are continuing to die every year after having their claims for disability benefits rejected, new #DWP figures have revealed.
#PIP
https://t.co/ss1qNu4a6t

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

No surprises but a worthwhile read some lessons to be learnt in the UK I think.Flatten Inaccessibility Study | American Foundation for the Blind https://t.co/m11H1TS188

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

Visually impaired Scots get sonic help with Covid graphs https://t.co/thiyTuaQqx

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

If you have a few minutes to spare this is an interesting looking piece of research which can only strengthen the arguments about website access https://t.co/1z4MPlDCSI Online Customer Experiences & Brand Perception: An Accessibility Study https://t.co/kgE5iiFops

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

“Devastating” new official figures showing how many disabled people have died from #coronavirus demonstrate that the government has violated its obligation to protect their right to life, says a leading disabled expert.
https://t.co/YuzqA3JOFY

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Government faces calls to scrap ‘discriminatory’ pandemic emergency measures
@ALLFIEUK @DisRightsUK @InclusionLondon @GMCDP @NSUNnews @ROFAcampaign
#COVID19UK
https://t.co/4VPmu48Gmn

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

The government has attempted to address some of the concerns about the abuse of disabled people’s rights to health and social care that emerged during the early months of the #COVID19 pandemic.
https://t.co/G6uNxHS792

[Click-Away Pound @CAPsurvey]

Can anyone give me information about the access ability of Google!'s jamboard from a practical viewpoint?

[Catharine McNally @cmcnally]

In analyzing online shopping experiences of people w disabilities, @CAPsurvey found that 69% of users will simply click-away when confronted with a problematic website. That's a lot of lost $. No improvement between 2016 & 2019. We need to fix this. #a11y https://t.co/PRryZwoSkG