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Accessibility
Web Accessibility is about designing sites so that as many people as possible can access and interact with them effectively and easily, regardless of who they are or how they access the internet. Particularly affected are older people and the disabled, many of whom see the web as an empowering medium giving them access to information which would otherwise be unavailable to them. Disabilities requiring website design considerations include
- Visual impairment
- Colour blindness
- Dyslexia
- Inability to operate a normal mouse
An estimated 1.3 - 3.2 million disabled people in the UK have problems with website accessibility, not including people with dyslexia, people with literacy issues and the older population. (Sources: DWP, AbilityNet).
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) makes it a legal requirement for organisations to ensure access to all regardless of disability.
Benefits of Website Accessibility
- Wider audience reach. Accessibility makes your site easier to use for everyone, including the elderly, disabled and those using smaller screen devices such as PDAs.
- Faster download and reduced site maintenance. Accessible sites are more efficiently coded and structured.
- Improves search engine rankings by making pages more easily readable by search engines such as Google.
- Browser independence. An accessible site should look the same whatever the browser being used.
Cool Breeze can design and build your website to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).