Accessibility

The Web Accessibility Initiative has provided a set of accessible guidelines which allow people with disabilities to successfully use your website. It is essential to adhere to these guidelines to allow people with disabilities to perceive, understand, navigate and interact with your website which would otherwise not be possible due to software and hardware barriers.

Creating accessible websites also benefits people with slow internet connections, people using low spec PCs or people with temporary disabilities such as a broken arm. The benefits are that you are providing for a wider audience and potentially increasing visitors and conversions.

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The Web Accessibility Initiative has a set of checkpoints that allow you to gauge how your website meets the assigned priority levels. The Web Accessibility Initiative states:

• Priority 1
  A Web content developer must satisfy this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it impossible to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint is a basic requirement for some groups to be able to use Web documents.
• Priority 2
  A Web content developer should satisfy this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it difficult to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint will remove significant barriers to accessing Web documents.
• Priority 3
  A Web content developer may address this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it somewhat difficult to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint will improve access to Web documents.

In general, it is possible to attain priority 1, 2 and 3 accessible websites without compromising on design and layout.

Contact Us Regarding Accessibility

If you are interested in us developing an accessible website or rebuilding your current website to accessible standards then please contact us for more details.