According to the World Health Organization, around 40 million people in the world are blind, while another 250 million have some form of visual impairment. And age-related disorders, like glaucoma and diabetes, mean these numbers are on the rise in the ageing populations of the UK, Europe and other countries.
More than 18 million people have limited mobility caused by everything from accidents to disease to the aging process. Six million of those 18 million are veterans. One in five elderly people struggle with mobility.
The prevalence of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is 11.1%, or 1 in 9 adults. The prevalence of SCD among adults aged 65 years and older is 11.7% compared to 10.8% among adults 45-64 years of age. The prevalence of SCD is 11.3% among men compared to 10.6% among women
Over 5% of the world's population – or 430 million people – require rehabilitation to address their 'disabling' hearing loss (432 million adults and 34 million children). It is estimated that by 2050 over 700 million people – or one in every ten people – will have disabling hearing loss.
The global market of people with disabilities is over 1 billion with a spending power of more than $6 trillion. While many businesses would fight over ¼ of 1 percent of the possible market in their sector, it would not be financially wise to ignore what is the commonly cited figure of 1 in 5 or 15- 20% of the population who have a disability. If a person with a disability was able to easily book an airplane ticket online, they will not only tell others in their disability groups, but family members, friends and work colleagues who will pass on that message. This can equate to a huge possible increase of business. It's estimated that over 1.7 billion websites exist, but this number fluctuates daily, as websites are launched or lost. Despite the ebb and flow, the Web is massive and 4.5 billion people across the world contribute with online interactions. Around 200 Million websites are active.
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United Kingdom has the Equality Act, 2010 which is a non discrimination law applying to both public and private sector organizations and is based on WCAG 2.0.
Australia uses the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 which applies to both public and private sector organizations, basing their requirements on WCAG 2.0
Canadian Human Rights Act of 1985 which applies to both public and private sector organizations. Canada also has the Policy on Communications and Federal Identity, 2016 which applies to government organizations and is based on WCAG 2.0.
The United States has a number of laws and requirements some of which are based on WCAG 2.0 and others with no different variations, some applying to the public and private sector and others to one or the other.
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