We know that inclusive hiring is a win-win-win for employers, employees, and a business's bottom line – but many fail to take people with disabilities (PWD) into account, in turn, failing 25% of the population.

Each year, October marks National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and this year the focus is on including disability as part of the equity equation. As the Chief Information Accessibility Officer at a digital accessibility company, I know firsthand how prioritizing accessibility at the executive level and in your management style positively impacts your organization, employees and customers.

Incorporating accessibility into the C-Suite

The way that we interact with the web continues to evolve and is even more prevalent in hiring now that nearly every company has a digital presence. Sustainable accessibility requires businesses to recognize that having inaccessible digital platforms means an entire population faces an insurmountable barrier to access content, products, services or jobs.