Web accessibility ensures websites, tools, and technologies are designed for people with disabilities—including visual, auditory, physical, and cognitive impairments—to perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the web. It removes barriers to information and communication, often adhering to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Some considerations for Web Accessibility
Markup - To use HTML markup for accessibility, the most effective strategy is to follow Semantic HTML
Image Alt Text - It's best to include an alt attribute or alt text to describe the image to someone who uses a screen reader,
PDF Files - We have a few steps that can easily enhance a PDF file for everyone's benefit.
Accessible Videos - Do you want to publish a video, but you don't know how to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements?
Email - Email needs to adhere to Accessibility Standards. This is important for Email Lists, Blog Announcements, attached PDFs etc.
Social Media - Here are general social media accessibility guidelines you can use when creating post copy, videos, graphics, and text. These align with common digital accessibility practices and work well across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and Bluesky.
Internet Naming Conventions - When naming assets such as files, pages, directories and images for the Internet, it's important to use names that are both descriptive and easy to understand.