Web Accessibility: What Does It All Mean?

Web accessibility: What does it all mean?

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Misconception: Web accessibility is about disability

Web accessibility is about making something that can be used by as many people as possible:

 Different environments

 Different devices

 Elderly

 Different cultural backgrounds

 Non-english speakers

 Impaired abilities

Graphic shows key statistics:

 11.2 million people in the UK are registered as having a disability

 83& of people acquire their disability during their working life

 Disabled people in the UK are estimated to have spending power of at least £80 billion per annum

 The majority of disabilities are not visible – fewer than 8% of disabled people use a wheelchair

We need to make our websites easy to use  For everyone

Graphic shows a desk with a computer, a pair of speakers and a chair. As the video plays various items fall over, with the following words on screen:

 Hearing impaired - speakers drop off table

 Those with limited mobility - chair falls over

 Those with reading difficulties - screen falls over

 And anyone using handheld devices - desk disappears

 Making your content more accessible to more people in more locations means more people can read your information and they will understand it more easily.

 After all you want everyone to get your message

Accessibility is also a legal requirement

 Graphic shows a copy of the Equality Act and related UK legislative documents

Misconception: Web Accessibility is not my problem

 Web Accessibility is everyone’s responsibility

 We’re all in this together

 What you do makes a difference

So what do people need? They want content that is:

 Easy to read

 Works on different devices

 Easy to navigate

 Has good design and colour contrast

 Has images and graphs that are described well  Graphic shows images that do not appear on a website and the page is blank

 Has video captions or transcriptions

 Has documents and attachments in a format that can be used by everyone, everywhere.

Remember

 Thinking about these things at the start makes it easier at the end

 And your content gets published faster

 Follow our guides and make it a habit

 It’s all about your audience and meeting their needs

Misconception: Web accessibility is hard

Graphic crosses out the word ‘hard’

Web accessibility is easy

Link to: www.abilitynet.org.uk/aboutaccessibility

1.1 Contact Us

 Use the Accessibility Services contact form on this website to request a follow up call.  Call us on +44 1926 465 247  Email any questions to [email protected]