When businesses disregard accessibility, they can expect to lose out on revenue.
One of the most frustrating aspects for me as someone with a disability is to encounter businesses that completely disregard accessibility. I wrote a post on how businesses can become more accessible, you can read it here.
As someone with a vision impairment, I am mainly looking for any print materials and web pages to be fully accessible.
I recently went to eat at a restaurant and as I usually do I went to their website to check the menu so I would be able to choose my order beforehand as I am not able to read the print menus. Sadly, the website only had a photo of the menu. T did not include any description and therefore was not accessible. I had to ask someone to read the menu to me while at the restaurant.I personally would not return to this place.
It is important to highlight businesses that are making an effort to be accessible to everyone. I recently found out that Starbucks started to provide menus in braille and in large print. This is an excellent step towards accessibility. Learn more in the video below.
I hope that more restaurants will follow this example. Do you know of restaurants that care about accessibility? Highlight them below in the comments.
Jazmin Ruiz 