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Handicapped Accessible sign
The internationally recognised symbol for accessibility.

Accessibility is equal access for people with disabilities to any environment, movement, information or communication. It means that a person with a disability should be able to use a product or service to access society at the same level as a person without a disability.

Examples of accessibility include:

  • Buildings that have access ramps for people in wheelchairs or motorised scooters
  • Close captioning on television and subtitles on DVDs for people who cannot hear
  • Sign language that allows deaf people to communicate other people
  • Braille for people with a vision impairment to help them read books
  • Modified computer software and hardware that allows people with a disability or disabilities to access the Internet and use a personal computer

The word accessibility is used in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, mostly in article 9.

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Images for kids

  • Curitiba 10 2006 05 RIT

    Universal access is provided in Curitiba's public transport system, Brazil.

  • Birmingham opportunities fair

    This Birmingham, West Midlands, Opportunities Fair was held to help persons with disabilities, and carers, to find out what services, support and opportunities are available to them.

  • Usda hiring applicants with disabilities

    William P. Milton Jr., deputy director, Office of Human Resources Management explained the "Four Easy Steps to Hiring Qualified Applicants with Disabilities" to United States Department of Agriculture employees during a 2011 National Disability Employment Awareness Month event in Washington, DC, USA.

  • Taxi wheelchair

    A wheelchair accessible taxi with a rear ramp, Tokyo Motor Show 2009

  • Protram205 ramp

    A retractable wheelchair-access ramp in Protram 205 WrAs tram

  • White cane in Tokyo area - Aug 31 2019

    Tactile paving can assist the visually impaired as they walk.

  • -118wiki

    Accessibly designed modification for a high-step entrance

  • Vietnam physical therapy school orphanage

    A teacher helps her student at an orphanage in central Vietnam. The orphanage caters to many abandoned and disabled children – through education and communication programs they are able to have a life that would otherwise not be possible.

  • Latrine ramp school

    Construction of a ramp for a school latrine in Ukunda, Kenya, making the school building more accessible to students with disabilities

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Accesibilidad para niños

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