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'''Accessibility''' refers to the extent to which products, services and other benefits can be used by all. '''Accessible design''' or '''universal design''' describes the development of products with the goal of making them usable by the broadest possible range of people.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://accessibility.psu.edu/accommodations/definition/ | title = Definition of Accessibility | date = 2014-10-09 | website = Accessibility at Penn State|language=en-US | access-date = 2019-04-01}}</ref> Accessibility is often discussed in regard to improving usability for people with disabilities, but can also improve access for all users.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/accessibility/ | title = Accessibility News and Information | website = Disabled World|language=en-US | access-date = 2019-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/accessibility.htm | title = CDC - Healthy Places - Accessibility and the Environment | date = 2017-06-08 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us | access-date = 2019-04-01}}</ref> [[Pippa Stacey]] has written about accessibility and ME/CFS as a student<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/pippa-stacey/mobility-aids_b_17449740.html | title = Using Mobility Aids When You Have An Invisible Illness | last = Stacey | first = Pippa | author-link = Pippa Stacey | date = 2017-07-14 | website = HuffPost UK|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-04-01}}</ref> and then as a young working professional.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2018/05/me-awareness-week-university-work-accessibility-and-m-e-from-pippa-stacey-03-may-2018/ | title = ME Awareness Week: University, Work, Accessibility and M.E. from Pippa Stacey | last = | first = | author-link = | date = May 3, 2018 | website = [[The ME Association]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://community.scope.org.uk/discussion/41202/the-stigma-around-accessible-employment | title = The stigma around accessible employment | website = Scope {{!}} Disability forum|language=en | access-date = 2019-04-01}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}}
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