I’m at the inaugural International Association of Accessibility Professionals at James Thurston’s talk about accessibility public policy. I tweeted about some stats, but here they are in text. In 2013, of countries that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, these are the percentages of countries that have:
Closed captioning or sign language interpretation for broadcast TV: 71%
Sing language for news, emergency communications, important announcement: 62%
Libraries for the Blind or Public Libraries providing e-Book services: 59%
Assistive Technology available to students with disabilities at major universities: 52%
Government websites that are accessible: 45%
Wireless telephone handsets with accessibility features available: 45%
Accessible public electronic kiosks or ATMs deployed in country: 39%
Programs to promote use of telephony by persons with disabilities: 26%
Closed captioning or sign language interpretation for pre-recorded TV: 24%
Closed captioning or sign language interpretation for live TV programs: 20%
Accessible web amoung top 10 commercial and media websites: 19%
Video or Audio Description by broadcast TV: 17%