Forbes (5/28, Alexiou) reports that according to a survey conducted by Level Access, “alongside G3ict (The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs) and IAAP (International Association of Accessibility Professionals), 56% of organizations still don’t routinely test their digital products with disabled people to evaluate accessibility and usability.” This is “in spite of the fact that 94% of respondents deemed product testing by people with disabilities to be an important aspect of building a sustainable accessibility strategy.” A “notable insight” in the report “was that, though budget restrictions were a frequently cited barrier to including disabled people in user testing, the relative size of an organization or its accessibility team was not.

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‘They keep killing our people:’ Demonstrations held across U.S. after death of George Floyd

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Canada’s new coronavirus cases remained in the triple-digit territory for the sixth day in a row, for a total of nearly 91,000 infections.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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