Imagine, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when stay-at-home orders were de rigueur, only being able to access 2% of the internet.
“That’s a scary world,” said Josh Basile, community relations manager of AccessiBe. “Persons with disabilities are living in that world, and we have to do something to change that.”
Josh Basile is community relations manager of AccessiBe. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Josh Basile
Basile, himself a quadriplegic, is a lawyer and disability-rights activist. AccessiBe is a company dedicated to fostering a more accessible internet. It offers free website testing and products to help websites gain compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
“Too often, whenever we have access and inclusion issues, it’s because persons with disabilities are always an afterthought,” Basile said. “It’s like, let’s make this right for persons without disabilities, and you know what, later on we’ll fix it for…