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When you have a website that's not accessible

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to people with disabilities, you're

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basically hanging a sign outside

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the door that says "your business

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is not welcome here."

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Hello, my name is Mark. I am

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visually impaired. I also like to use the

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word blind uh because I really can't

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see much.

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My name is Stephanie. I was diagnosed

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with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when

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I was 18 months old. This is

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Juan, my son,

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and he has cerebral palsy. He's my love.

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I do everything with him.

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In 2004, 2005,

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nobody knew anything about web

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accessibility. Going online

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back then

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was a real disaster. It was a real nightmare.

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Now, fast forward to 2019—

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[Computer's screen reader]: Few buttons are clearly labeled.

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—we still have a lot of inaccessible

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web products, but there are

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standards.

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If I didn't have any obstacles, I would spend

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a lot more time using technology.

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For people like him. The

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world is not accessible.

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So web accessibility

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is not only the right thing to do, but

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the right thing to do for business.

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What is essential to me is

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having tools to

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navigate my day-to-day life.

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I think we can change that stereotype.

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If people

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know more kids like him, there's

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a better way to see life.

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I might look young, but I speak

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for an aging population.