Internet accessability affects over 1m people – as 15% of the European population have a disability.

Some issues include videos without a sign language option or subtitles, and websites with complicated processes – like filling out bank forms.

The Office of National Statistics in the UK says that 43.1m people have used the internet. But of those who haven’t, the majority are disabled.

And the Pew Research Centre says that just 54% of adults living with a disability use the internet, compared to 81% of other adults.

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— ONS (@statisticsONS) February 20, 2013

What is in place:

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognises that all websites have to be easy to browse, operate, navigate, understand by a person with a disability.

So the European Commission is now working to make important sites like those used for job searches, education enrolment or health services fully accessible by 2015.

And the Freedom of Movement Top Campaign wants legally binding legislation covering the accessibility of public websites and websites providing services to the public.