Ana Carla Pereira of the European Commission explains accessibility isn't just in accessibility-specific Directives like WAD and EEA, but also considered in others, like Procurement Directive (must procure accessibly) and the AI Act.
“we hear often that we must make special solutions for people with disabilities, that accessibility is expensive and that it hampers innovation… that's all wrong: we can do inclusive design, and accessibility can be cost effective and leads to lots of innovation” — Alejandro Moledo del Rio of the European Disability Forum
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