Kevin Xu is the Founder of Human Heritage Project and the CEO of National Rongxiang Xu Foundation and MEBO International. getty According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four American adults (61 million people) have some type of disability. Despite these findings, much of the internet remains inaccessible to those who require additional assistance. Everybody should be able to navigate and engage with the web, regardless of their cognitive, neurological, auditory, physical, visual or speech-related disabilities. Some organizations, like accessiBe and Work With Me, do focus on the importance of inclusion and digital accessibility. But many companies don’t prioritize these initiatives. In 2011, for example, only 5% of Netflix streaming titles provided closed-captioning or subtitles to make them accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing subscribers. Even then, progress didn’t happen until the National Association of the Deaf and other organizations filed lawsuits against companies like Netflix and CNN to request immediate action and accessibility for their viewers. And things haven’t gotten much better since. The Clubhouse app became popular in 2020 and took about a year and a half to implement closed captioning. By the time Clubhouse made the updates in November 2021, the party was over,…
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