{"id":3558,"date":"2020-05-28T16:42:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/why-coronavirus-may-make-the-world-more-accessible-bbc\/"},"modified":"2020-05-28T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:42:05","slug":"why-coronavirus-may-make-the-world-more-accessible-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/why-coronavirus-may-make-the-world-more-accessible-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible &#8211; BBC<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Disable people make up 15 per cent of the global population, and this feature from BBC highlights how many of the solutions needed for this pandemic, like remote work, are the same ones that disabled people have been asking from their employers for years.<\/p>\n<p>Today millions of non-disabled people are experiencing what it\u2019s like to have outside forces preventing them from participating in everyday life. Businesses have been quick to pivot to remote work, but this feature highlights the lack of accessibility that still exists across the business landscape. It cites a survey of 27,000 retail outlets that says 20 per cent don\u2019t provide access to wheelchair users.<\/p>\n<p>And with the novel coronavirus forcing businesses to close up shop, experts are worried that accessibility will take an even greater backseat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worry what will happen instead is that lots of the regulations will be softened after the pandemic, because businesses will say, we couldn\u2019t afford to be more accessible before \u2013 and we definitely can\u2019t afford it now because we lost so much money during the lockdown,\u201d says Mik Scarlet, an expert in the field of access and inclusion for disabled people, who was quoted in the story.<\/p>\n<p>One necessary part of changing the system is listening to more voices, says Mikaela Patrick, inclusive design researcher at the Global Disability Innovation Hub. The hub\u2019s research shows that one billion disabled people around the world today lack access to necessary assistive technology like wheelchairs, hearing aids, walking sticks or accessible mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20200513-why-the-coronavirus-can-make-the-world-more-accessible\" class=\"btn btn-primary cat-more\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\u00a0 Original Article Source \u00a0<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-item-metadata entry-meta\">\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Disclaimer: Content may be edited for style and length.\u00a0<a class=\"newsium-categories category-color-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com\/post\/why-coronavirus-may-make-the-world-more-accessible-bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Story Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 [responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;] Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible &#8211; BBC Disable people make up 15 per cent of the global population, and this feature from BBC highlights how many of the solutions needed for this pandemic, like remote work, are the same ones that &#8230; <a title=\"Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible &#8211; BBC\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/why-coronavirus-may-make-the-world-more-accessible-bbc\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible &#8211; BBC\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible - BBC - Aviance Technologies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible - BBC - Aviance Technologies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0\u00a0 [responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;] Why coronavirus may make the world more accessible &#8211; BBC Disable people make up 15 per cent of the global population, and this feature from BBC highlights how many of the solutions needed for this pandemic, like remote work, are the same ones that ... 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