Survey asks: What magic wand fix would transform accessibility at your organisation?
Annie Mannion | 10 Aug 2024
If you could wave a magic wand, what would make the biggest difference to digital accessibility at your organisation?
And what are you and others doing to get ready for European Accessibility Act legislation?
These are some of the questions our Attitudes to Digital Accessibility 2024 report will answer. But first, please take a few minutes to take our annual accessibility survey:
AbilityNet's fourth annual Attitudes to Digital Accessibility Survey is now live for your input, and gathers how attitudes to accessibility are changing in organisations of all shapes and sizes.
Last year, we heard from more than 300 professionals in all types of organisations. Whatever your current role we’d love to hear your thoughts about digital accessibility and inclusion. Your opinion matters!
Your contribution will help identify:
- How attitudes to digital accessibility are changing across the world
- Current priorities
- If organisations are delivering on the promises they are making
Please complete this short survey to share what you think about digital accessibility and help improve digital accessibility for everyone:
The survey will be open until midnight, Thursday 12 September 2024.
Are there still leaders and laggards lurking?
From analysing the results of our 2023 survey, we learned that there was a clear divide between organisations that displayed really positive accessibility leadership qualities and procedures, versus other organisations that were lagging behind. Will this year's results show the trend narrowing or widening? Please take the 2024 survey to help us build an accurate picture.
Other notable results from 2023's survey include that despite the benefits of conducting user research with disabled people, organisations are not regularly using this valuable and illuminating testing option.
When asked to describe the barriers respondents face in their role when delivering digital accessibility, comments included:
- "Our accessibility teams are siloed and not coordinated centrally, with no central support for training."
- "The engagement from senior management has been low, they say the right things but in action they produce inaccessible documents."
Will this global picture have changed over the past 12 months?
Take and share the survey and we'll announce the results in October.
Share the survey
Please send this survey across your network, to reach as many people as possible.
Just share this link: www.abilitynet.org.uk/Attitudes
Thanks in advance for your help.
When will the results be published?
The results will be shared in a free report published in the Autumn and discussed in detail at AbilityNet's forthcoming TechShare Pro conference.
