For more than a decade, we’ve worked to make our products, technology, and experiences accessible to the widest possible audience while opening new doors to independence for people with disabilities.
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More than one in four adults in the U.S. have a disability.
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30% of disabilities are apparent, 70% are non-apparent.
Our commitment to creating the best entertainment experience has never been stronger – from pioneering new assistive entertainment technologies, to providing a large library of accessible content across our platform, to the work we’re doing to advance accurate representation of people with disabilities on screen and behind the camera.
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According to Pew Research Center, 23% of people with disabilities say they never go online with 57% saying they do not have a home broadband connection. That’s why, through Comcast’s Project UP initiative, we’re working to address and break down the unique barriers to connectivity for people with disabilities through a series of efforts, including:
Through our affordable, high-speed Internet program we’ve connected more than 10 million Americans, millions of whom are people with disabilities.
We’ve brought the Internet into community centers across the country through more than 1,250 Lift Zones nationwide. In 2021, Comcast opened the first fully-accessible ‘Lift Zone Lab’ with more planned in the future.
We’re focused on advancing digital equity for people with disabilities through skill development and training. Partnerships with organizations like Easterseals and The Arc make that possible.
We’re empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners with the skills, digital resources, and opportunities they need to thrive. Learn how we’re working with 2gether-International to support disabled founders by connecting them with the resources they need to create thriving high growth, high impact startups.
We’re making it easier to get connected through our Accessibility Support Center, which was created nearly a decade ago as one of the nation’s first call centers specializing in support for people with disabilities.
In 2019, we expanded call center support to include American Sign Language—the fourth most-used language in the United States—through a partnership with Connect Direct, a subsidiary of Communication Service for the Deaf.
By using our platforms and reach, we hope to raise awareness for disability inclusion, create better understanding around the broad spectrum of disabilities, and inspire action to create a more inclusive society for all.
For nearly 60 years Comcast NBCUniversal has been proud to bring the excitement of the Olympics and Paralympics movement home to Americans. We’re committed to making our coverage accessible to the widest possible audience with more closed captioning, audio description, and digital content accessibility than ever before.
Our signature Comcast Newsmakers presents short-form, issue-based conversations with leaders dedicated to tackling challenges in communities nationwide, including discussions at the intersection of accessibility and empowerment, with representation from the American Council of the Blind, The Arc of the United States, Easterseals, and more. Available to Comcast customers on all Xfinity platforms, Comcast Newsmakers interviews are also available free to the general public at ComcastNewsmakers.com.
At Comcast NBCUniversal we work every day to create and foster a culture of inclusion across our company that represents and supports people of all abilities - from implementing more inclusive hiring and recruitment practices, to providing on-the-job assistive technology support, to training and mentoring resources that help to uplevel accessibility skills and knowledge across the company.
“Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” by Disability:IN and AAPD for the 8th consecutive year.
“Leading Disability Employer” by the National Org on Disability for the 7th year in a row.
Ranked #4 on DiversityInc’s “Top Companies for People with Disabilities.”
