JEDI CORNER: Making Data Visualizations Accessible

People who are blind and visually impaired represent a substantial segment of the population, with 4% of 54,204 students in the 2022 American College Health Association survey reporting they are blind or have low vision. Those students frequently do not have access to data visualizations taught and used in postsecondary statistics and data science classes. Making data visualizations accessible to blind and visually impaired people would help improve equity in higher education and assist them with data-driven reasoning and communication.