[gnicholas]

Facebook's representative at an accessibility conference mentioned that 30% of their mobile users do not use the default text size. This is a huge number, considering how hard it is to get people to change defaults. Features that are ostensibly for accessibility may be useful much more broadly.

I've seen this in the usability feature that my startup created. I initially launched on HN and got great traction in the lifehack community. Then I started hearing from people with disabilities who find our tech to be indispensable as an assistive technology. Our partners have reported 40% more reading on general-purpose platforms and 70% more reading on platforms for people with ADHD or dyslexia. (You can see what the reading tech looks like here, under Enhance Readability: [1])

Not all accessibility features benefit people who do not identify as disabled. But the ones that do are a win-win (and they help make the case for accessibility more generally).

1: https://unreasonable.is/how-to-stop-working-and-be-more-prod...