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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 with 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.

Having accessible ramps and parking is very important for the people who struggle with disabilities.

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+[[File:Handicapped Accessible sign.svg|thumb|The internationally recognised [[symbol]] for accessibility.]]
-'''Accessibility''' is the word used to describe 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.
+'''Accessibility''' is  equal access for people with [[Disability|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
+* Buildings that have access ramps for people in [[Wheelchair|wheelchairs]] or motorised scooters
-* Close captioning on television and subtitles on DVD's for people who cannot hear
+* Close captioning on television and subtitles on DVDs for people who cannot hear
-* [[Sign language]] that allows deaf people to communicate other people
+* [[Sign language]] that allows deaf people to communicate with other people
 * [[Braille]] for people with a vision impairment to help them read books
-* Modifed computer [[software]] and [[Computer hardware|hardware]] that allows people with a disability or disabilites to access the [[Internet]] and use a personal computer
+* Modified computer [[software]] and [[Computer hardware|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.
+Having accessible ramps and parking is very important for the people who struggle with disabilities.
-== See also ==
+[[File:Glacial Grooves accessibility ramp.jpg|thumb|this is one example of an accessible ramp ]]
+==Related pages==
+*[[Digital rights]]
 *[[Disability]]
+*[[Web accessibility]]
+*[[Right to housing]]
 *[[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]]
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