ACCESSIBILITY INTERNATIONAL
A Global Community of Local Businesses Embracing Accessibility For All....Accessibility: Accessibility in it’s broadest sense refers to designing products, devices, services or environments for people who experience disabilities. Times have changed and we all have to think about more than just the physical world and also consider the online cyber world when designing our business websites to ensure that they are accessible and serve all customers.
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Accessibility Matters….
We all recognize the importance of accessibility in our physical world. Although newer, accessibility in the cyber world is no less important.
The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both direct unassisted access and indirect access meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology such as computer screen readers.
Shopping online this year, nearly 10 million shoppers will be visually impaired, over 10 million will have a hearing impairment, and severe limits to their dexterity will affect more than four million.
Assistive technology is used by many persons with disabilities to access websites. For those using assistive hardware or technology to surf the web, if it is not compatible with that technology, your website will not be visited or viewed by potential customers. There is a lot a website owner can do to make their site more accessible, which is good news.
Rules are coming, Website owners be aware!
We all are aware how the American Disabilities Act (ADA) has affected brick and mortar businesses. The ADA requires all public business locations to “prohibit exclusion, segregation, and unequal treatment” of persons with disabilities. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the process, working on changes to Title II of the ADA to include web accessibility regulations which will affect state and local government websites.
Website Accessibility
The United States Department of Justice will police U.S. sites under WCAG 2.0 Web Accessibility Guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium to ensure compliance. The European Union and individual governments will also be imposing oversight to the world wide web to ensure accessibility for all internet users. Smart business owners will embrace both physical and web accessibility for all potential customers by ensuring that their website is accessible to persons with disabilities. The Web Accessibility Guidelines explain how a website should be coded and arranged to ensure that it is accessible.
Building an accessible website.
Use best practices, forms, images and more to build your accessible web site. These are key areas to consider:
CLEAN CODE is the first step to building an accessible site, programmers and designers need to ensure using clean, quality code.
ALTERNATIVE TEXT for visual elements of a website is important to assist the visually impaired using assistive technology to describe the image content within a tag allowing the assistive technology to translate the description into a clear phrase or sentence. Well written text alternatives add context to the image, improving the user experience..
Don't close the door....
"Don't close the door on potential customers with disabilities!"
Make your website....
"Make your website easy for customers with disabilities to navigate."
Welcome all visitors
"Welcome all visitors with disabilities to your website."
Make Your Site Searches, Indexes, and Site Maps Accessible *
Make Your Content Accessible with Site Searches Having site search allows a person to bypass the structure and content of a site and go directly to the content they desire. The site search feature should be easy to find and simple to operate. An...
Is Text Only Web Page Content a Viable Accessibility Design? *
Are Text Only Content Versions Accessible? The accessibility for people with disabilities of web page text-only versions is one of the biggest myths of web accessibility. The truth is that practically nobody with a disability benefits in any way...
Does Web Accessibility Compliance Threaten Employers? *
What Does Web Accessibility Mean to the Disabled? Most of us are familiar with how Accessibility applies to physical business places. Little thought has been given to how Accessibility applies to the Internet. Accessibility on the World Wide Web...
Why Do You Need to Have a Published Accessibility Policy? *
Do You Know What Step 1 of Your ADA Litigation Defense Is? How to Create and Publish Your Website Accessibility Statement Another useful idea for websites is to prominently publish your web accessibility statement on your website. The BS...
Can Your Web Accessibility Policy Save You From Lawsuits? *
Why is a Web Accessibility Policy Crucial to Preventing Lawsuits? What Does Web Accessibility Mean to the Disabled? Most of us are familiar with how Accessibility applies to physical business places. However, little thought has...
Demand Letters are Predicting Web Accessibility Lawsuits *
What Does Web Accessibility Mean to the Disabled? When we hear the term Accessibility, most of us don't understand how it applies to the Internet. Accessibility in web design means creating web pages that break down barriers opening a clear path for...
How Can You Ensure Your Website is Accessibility Compliant? *
How Web Accessibility Compliance Matters to the Disabled What Does Web Accessibility Mean to the Disabled? Most of us are familiar with how Accessibility applies to physical business places. However, little thought has been given to...
How to Make Your Amazing Web Content Accessible *
How do the Guidelines Require Accessibility for All Increased scrutiny has made Web Accessibility a hot issue around the globe. In the United States, law firms are aggressively suing businesses and institutions. These claims say that their...
Do You Need to Test Your Website for Accessibility Compliance? *
Can You Test Your Website for Accessibility Compliance? The courts have established that almost all websites are considered “places of public accommodation” and subject to the American Disabilities Act. In Addtion any institution receiving federal...
Why Is Web Accessibility So Important for Your Websites Success? *
What is Web Accessibility, and Why Does it Matter? It's hard to imagine life without the internet. Today with the click of a mouse all of the world's knowledge is available to everyone. But what happens if you can't use a mouse, see the screen,...
Become An Accessibility International Partner….
Accessibility International Partners understand the importance of making their business and website
“Accessible to All”.
The new customers that you desire, want to patronize businesses that operate honestly and ethically and that care about people and our environment.
Accessibility International
Support Accessibility for all, subscribe today for your FREE membership to Accessibility International.