W3C CEO Seth Dobbs (@seth) wrote: "Web Accessibility: removing barriers, designing a web for everyone"

He noted: "It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities. Access to information and communications technologies, including the Web, is defined as a basic human right in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"

https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/web-accessibility-removing-barriers-designing-a-web-for-everyone/