Date: May 21st 2026
News provided by: Silicon Republic
‘I wish [the European Accessibility Act] didn’t have to exist, but I’m glad it does,’ says Kyran O’Mahoney, founder of Nexus Inclusion.
It’s “annoying”, Kyran O’Mahoney admits, that the millions that live with disabilities have a real expectation that technology won’t work for them. “There is something fundamentally broken [in society]” that their needs aren’t considered, he says.
By not providing accessible services, he argues, businesses are excluding millions from their addressable market. “It makes no financial sense not to do this”, he says.
“Ultimately you say, ‘You have to do it, it’s the law’, right? If you do it, you’re going to make more sales and drive more revenue. But come on, it’s also just the bloody right thing to do.”
Accessibility audits happen, but reports are often tossed to the side by teams that don’t understand how to implement the recommended changes, O’Mahoney says, speaking to SiliconRepublic.com ahead of Nexus Inclusion’s new product launch on 25 May.
The launch comes soon after Global Accessibility Awareness Day today (21 May).
According to the World Health Organisation, an estimated 1.3bn people – or around 16pc of the population – lives with disabilities. But realistically, O’Mahoney says, it’s higher than that, if you take into account, for example, elderly people or those with temporary disabilities.
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Suhasini Srinivasaragavan
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