Tech-Ease for All
Web Accessiblity
The inventor of the Internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s major vision of the web to grant accessibility to the web to all people and to level the playing field for everyone who uses it. He said, “The power of the web is in its universality.”
Universality includes access through modifications to content to include those with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments as well as those with cognitive disabilities. When making items on the web accessible to people with disabilities, it also becomes easier for older users, those with low literacy levels and novice users. WebAim quotes that 20% of web users have a disability, a hard audience to ignore, especially if the site is commerce related. As a matter of fact, Federal agencies must add accessibility modification its web-based applications according to Section 508 and the ADA.
No website is 100% accessible neither is it 100% inaccessible. There is a continuum of accessibility and a site should strive to be on the higher end of the continuum. Often users rise to the challenge and either make suggestions as to what needs to be made accessible or create software applications to make websites accessible.
The inventor of the Internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s major vision of the web to grant accessibility to the web to all people and to level the playing field for everyone who uses it. He said, “The power of the web is in its universality.”
Universality includes access through modifications to content to include those with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments as well as those with cognitive disabilities. When making items on the web accessible to people with disabilities, it also becomes easier for older users, those with low literacy levels and novice users. WebAim quotes that 20% of web users have a disability, a hard audience to ignore, especially if the site is commerce related. As a matter of fact, Federal agencies must add accessibility modification its web-based applications according to Section 508 and the ADA.
No website is 100% accessible neither is it 100% inaccessible. There is a continuum of accessibility and a site should strive to be on the higher end of the continuum. Often users rise to the challenge and either make suggestions as to what needs to be made accessible or create software applications to make websites accessible.
