ACCESSIBILITY
for people with disabilities
What is Web Accessibility?
What is accessibility?
Helping people with disabilities
Helping people with disabilities
Assistive technologies
Assistive Technologies
- screen reader
- alternative keyboards
- eye-tracking tools
- screen magnifiers
Hurdles
- analogy with a service animal
- difficulties
The 7 Principles
How to Improve Web Accessibility
- Equitable Use
- Flexibility in Use
- Simple & Intuitive Use
- Perceptible Information
- Tolerance for Error
- Low Physical Effort
- Size and Space for Approach and Use
Why Web Accessibility is Important?
Why it's Important
- Web accessibility is not only ethical but also a sound business practice as well as a legal obligation.
- Ignoring millions of potential customers with billions in purchasing power
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- laws outlining the protections for web accessibility
Interesting facts
Interesting facts
- Over 1 billion people worldwide have a disability.
- 71% of online shoppers with access needs will leave a website that has usability issues.
- By 2060 the number of people 65 or older in the US is expected to double to 98 million
- 98% of the world's top one million websites don't offer full accessibility