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- [Instructor] In recent years there's been a growing awareness for the importance for making digital documents accessible for people with disabilities but what exactly does accessibility mean and how do you create it with In Design? You may have heard the term Section 508 mentioned in the context of accessibility. In 1998 the U.S. federal government enacted a law commonly known as Section 508 that required federal agencies to make their electronic documents accessible to people with disabilities. The basic idea behind this is that everyone, including those with disabilities, has a right to access information. So electronic documents should be made in such a way that everyone can use them. Many states, academic institutions and other countries adopted similar laws and policies. There's nothing in Section 508 that mandates private companies make their documents accessible but it's becoming a common practice anyway because of the additional benefits which include higher search engine…

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