Dear All, We are happy to share that the XRCVC, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai has published a white paper titled "Built to Include: Expanding the Reach of Consumer Products through Accessibility" to commemorate the occassion of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026.
This paper highlights the the need for accessibility in mainstream consumer products and ways in which manufacturers of consumer goods can integrate accessibility into their products. It is a call to manufacturers of consumer goods to ensure accessibility of their products and look at it as beyond a compliance requirement to a business opportunity to reach to wider markets, build customer trust and loyalty and brand equity for their business. The paper can be found at this link here <https://xrcvc.org/docs/XRCVC_Built_to_Include_Expanding_the_Reach_of_Consumer_Products_through_Accessibility.pdf> . This white paper has received coverage by Hindustan Times (link here) <https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/white-paper-calls-for-more-accessible-appliances-for-the-visually-challenged-101779303749401.html>and Mid Day (link here) <https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/global-accessibility-awareness-day-mumbai-report-flags-major-gaps-in-home-appliance-design-leaving-blind-users-vulnerable-23631439#google_vignette> today. It would be great if you can spread the word about this so it can reach the wider audience of the consumer durable goods manufacturers. Best Regards, *Team XRCVC* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) XRCVC, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai | Phone: 022-22623298 / 022-22623242 / 022 35223298 / (Extn 106) *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* XRCVC - Lake Shore Extension, Lake Shore Mall, Thane | Phone: 022-61701177 / 78 Website: www.xrcvc.org <http://xrcvc.org/> Follows on: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/xrcvc/>| Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/xrcvc_mumbai/?utm_medium=copy_link> | X <https://x.com/XRCVC> | YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC577z2XtrsuCczb-vTif7rw> | LinkedIn <https://in.linkedin.com/company/xrcvc-xavier's-resource-centre-for-the-visually-challenged-?original_referer=> | WhatsApp Channel <https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAwHCGKGGGGHU5CqH1V> | WhatsApp Community <https://chat.whatsapp.com/LWgGzQc6llx1NNI2Po1xOJ?mode=r_c> -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGm3b-LGQ1Jj5yFoM3s50PFDdtpE%2BDEGuweCVvo90_ZDZgHyYQ%40mail.gmail.com.
