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WEB ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility is essential for developers and organizations that want to create high-quality websites and web tools, and not exclude people from using their products and services.
WEB ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility is essential for developers and organizations that want to create high-quality websites and web tools, and not exclude people from using their products and services.
Accessibility is Important for Individuals, Businesses, Society
The Web is an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities. Access to information and communications technologies, including the Web, is defined as a basic human right in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD).
The Web offers the possibility of unprecedented access to information and interaction for many people with disabilities. That is, the accessibility barriers to print, audio, and visual media can be much more easily overcome through web technologies.
There is also a strong business case for accessibility. Accessible design improves overall user experience and satisfaction, especially in a variety of situations, across different devices, and for older users. Accessibility can enhance your brand, drive innovation, and extend your market reach.
Web accessibility is required by law in many situations.
4 Myths about accessibility
Talking about web accessibility makes some people nervous, and they comewith a list of objections, many of which are actually myths.
Accessibility benefits only a small minority
It's true that when you design with accessibility in mind, you have to think specifically about people with disabilities, but the benefits of accessibility extend far beyond just people with disabilities. The same principles that make a web site good for people with disabilities also make it good for people on mobile devices, and for people who access web sites on different brands of browsers, or on different brands of computers, or on older browsers or computers.
Accessibility is a short-term project
Accessibility is not going away. As long as there are people, there will bea need for accessible design. There will always be people with disabilities, because it turns out that is a normal part of the human experience. Future medical advances and social advances (e.g. fewer wars, less poverty, etc.) will likely decrease the number of people with disabilities, but we will never reach a point of zero disabilities, because there are always situations in which a person might have an injury, a temporary disability, or a temporary circumstance that prevents certain types of actions or sensory experiences.
You can compare accessibility to other focus areas like security or privacy. Those needs will never disappear or be phased out. They are ongoing requirements in all stages of development and QA.
Accessibility is hard andexpensive
Creating an accessible system does cost money, but failing to create an accessible system can turn out to be even more expensive in the end.
In contrast to the previous myth, some people think that accessibility is too much of a burden, so they avoid the responsibility and choose to take their chances with legal liability. There is some truth to this objection if you're trying to retrofit an existing web site with lots of accessibility problems. At that point it's too late to reap the benefits of good planning. You may have to start over, and starting over is certainly expensive.
Accessibility should be the last step
Often times accessibility is one of the last things that organizations plan for in their web projects. Some people think that accessibility is easy and trivial enough that it can wait until the last minute of the development process after all of the other work is done. They assume that bolting on accessibility to a finished product is good enough.
Design with accessibility in mind from the beginning. It takes a little bit of extra forethought and planning, but it saves you a lot of work down the road.
4 Myths about accessibility
Talking about web accessibility makes some people nervous, and they comewith a list of objections, many of which are actually myths.
Accessibility benefits only a small minority
It's true that when you design with accessibility in mind, you have to think specifically about people with disabilities, but the benefits of accessibility extend far beyond just people with disabilities. The same principles that make a web site good for people with disabilities also make it good for people on mobile devices, and for people who access web sites on different brands of browsers, or on different brands of computers, or on older browsers or computers.
Accessibility is a short-term project
Accessibility is not going away. As long as there are people, there will bea need for accessible design. There will always be people with disabilities, because it turns out that is a normal part of the human experience. Future medical advances and social advances (e.g. fewer wars, less poverty, etc.) will likely decrease the number of people with disabilities, but we will never reach a point of zero disabilities, because there are always situations in which a person might have an injury, a temporary disability, or a temporary circumstance that prevents certain types of actions or sensory experiences.
You can compare accessibility to other focus areas like security or privacy. Those needs will never disappear or be phased out. They are ongoing requirements in all stages of development and QA.
Accessibility is hard andexpensive
Creating an accessible system does cost money, but failing to create an accessible system can turn out to be even more expensive in the end.
In contrast to the previous myth, some people think that accessibility is too much of a burden, so they avoid the responsibility and choose to take their chances with legal liability. There is some truth to this objection if you're trying to retrofit an existing web site with lots of accessibility problems. At that point it's too late to reap the benefits of good planning. You may have to start over, and starting over is certainly expensive.
Accessibility should be the last step
Often times accessibility is one of the last things that organizations plan for in their web projects. Some people think that accessibility is easy and trivial enough that it can wait until the last minute of the development process after all of the other work is done. They assume that bolting on accessibility to a finished product is good enough.
Design with accessibility in mind from the beginning. It takes a little bit of extra forethought and planning, but it saves you a lot of work down the road.
WHAT we offer:
Audit to WCAG complience
We define the scope to reviewing
and level of accessibility. Prepare report with clear instructions to improve your site
Audit to ADA 508 section complience
We check all yor site functionality to compliance to ADA 508 section requirements
Consultation services
We can review product on different development stage and can help with achieving high level of accessibility
We provide VPAT report
VPAT stands for “Voluntary Product Accessibility Template.” This template is used to draft your Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR). Your ACR clearly states which accessibility standards your product or service meets, and it warns users about any “accessibility blockers” they may encounter.
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