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Good accessibility is good business.  


* It provides access to a market of customers that otherwise cannot spend money on your product.
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* It provides a competitive advantage over companies that are not accessible - Dell Corporate has lost bids to more accessible competitors in the government sector, and we'd rather be the company others lose bids to.
* It frequently provides higher quality than inaccessible products -- products that are thought through from an accessibility lens are often easier to use for non-disabled users, or provide features that otherwise may not be thought about. (For example, while Closed Captioning was developed specifically for Deaf audiences, it's a service that almost everyone has used at some point, whether at a crowded bar or in a room with a sleeping baby.)
* It ensures continued use of the product to customers that transition from non-disabled to disabled. (Keeping a customer is just as important as gaining a customer.)
* It lowers legal risk of civil rights and access lawsuits.
 
Further reading:
 
* [http://digitaldesignstandards.com/standard/accessibility/designing-accessibility-simply-good-business/ Why Designing for Accessibility is Simply Good Business] by [[Digital Design Standards]]
* [https://www.microsoft.com/enable/business/value.aspx The Business Value of Integrating Accessible Technology into Business Organizations] by [[Microsoft]]
* [http://simplyaccessible.com/article/accessibility-according-to-my-mechanic/ Why accessibility is good for business (according to my mechanic)] by [[Nicholas Steenhout]] at [[Simply Accessible]]
* [https://qz.com/work/1703963/businesses-should-pay-attention-to-consumers-with-disabilities/ The disabled community is the world's third-largest economic power] by [[Christina Mallon]] at [[Quartz]].

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