In order to value accessibility, ABES conducts a survey on the topic with software companies

FORParticipants answered questions regarding topics such as their own structure, hiring employees with a disability and the accessibility of their websites

 
ABES, in partnership with the Municipal Department for Persons with Disabilities of São Paulo, carried out a survey with associates to draw a profile of accessibility in the technology sector. Altogether, 18 companies responded to questions regarding topics such as their own structure, hiring employees with a disability and the accessibility of their websites - adapting to the provisions of Law 13.146/2015, which makes accessibility on internet pages mandatory for use. persons with disabilities, guaranteeing them access to available information.
 
The complete study can be accessed at link.
 
“The survey shows that we still have great challenges to ensure accessibility, but that there is already awareness of the importance of this issue. Our objective is to demonstrate that the issue of 'accessibility' is not just about people with physical mobility restrictions, as there are different types of disabilities and we must always consider them when developing a project. The case of websites is a good example: there are several resources that allow the transmission of content to people with visual and hearing impairments, especially with audios describing images and texts or textual transcription of any non-visible content", comments Francisco Camargo, president of ABES .
 
The survey showed that 16.7% of the companies interviewed have employees with some kind of disability, and 27.8% consider their environments “very adapted” to the disabled, while 50% declare that they meet this condition “reasonably”. As for websites, 66.7% understand that their web pages are not accessible. Another fact that draws attention is that 77.8% responded that they had never invested in digital accessibility.
 
Of those surveyed, 72.2% declared that they did not know the NBR 9050:2015 or other standards that direct necessary adaptations to physical spaces for people with disabilities. More than half (55.6%) understand that toilets are the biggest architectural barrier to access and movement within the company. In the possible investments to improve digital accessibility, 61,11% would like to train their own employees, while 27,7% would hire an outsourced company.