The Importance of Web Accessibility.

Disabilities can affect the way users interact with the web, and below is a list of some impairments that can cause difficulty for people who use the internet.

- Visual impairments, such as blindness, low vision and colour blindness.
- Cognitive impairments such as learning difficulties and reading difficulties.
- Seizure disorders such as flickering movements.

Why make your website accessible?

- Our society values non-discriminatory practices and the promotion of human rights.
- We can do business with the whole community, not just those who can access our sites.
- Accessibility measures often improve design for all - "universal design".
- Legal obligation to design for accessibility, such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
- Usability standards provided by W3C in the form of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

Below is a sample checklist of the accessibility features Websites should comply with:

- Consider skipping over navigation links.
- Use web Safe Colours.
- Add titles to links.
- Using Accesskeys.
- Labeling form elements.

Exploring Accessibility:
The Tools:
Cynthia Says
Accessibility Valet
Validating XHTML,HTML and CSS
The Rules:
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
Disability Discrimination Act 1995

For a comprehensive checklist service, or any other questions you have relating to Accessibility and the web user, contact us.

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