WEB ACCESSIBILITY
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Accessibility is not limited to the list below, but it extends to anyone experiencing any permanent, temporary or situational disability. Situational disability refers to someone who may be experiencing a boundary based on the current experience Web accessibility should be mindful of users experiencing a wide variety of barriers.
Visual
Visual impairments including blindness, various common types of low vision and poor eyesight, various types of color blindness
Motor/mobility
Mobility issues include difficulty or inability to use the hands, including tremors, muscle slowness, loss of fine muscle control, etc., due to conditions such as Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke
Auditory
Deafness or hearing impairments. Individuals who are hard of hearing.
Seizures
Photo epileptic seizures caused by visual strobe or flashing effects
Cognitive and intellectual
Developmental disabilities, learning difficulties (dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), and cognitive disabilities (PTSD, Alzheimer's) of various origins, affecting memory, attention, developmental "maturity", problem-solving and logic skills, etc.
We test with manual testing to deliver reliable results. We find the issues and remediate them.We do not use overlays, accessibility widgets or other mediocre AI.
Web accessibility, or eAccessibility, is the inclusive practice of
ensuring there are no barriers
that prevent interaction with, or access to, websites on the World Wide Web by people with physical
disabilities, situational disabilities, and socio-economic restrictions. When sites are correctly
designed, developed and edited, more users have equal access to information and functionality.
For example, when a site is coded with semantically meaningful HTML, with textual equivalents
provided for images and with links named meaningfully, this helps blind users using text-to-speech
software and/or text-to-Braille hardware. When text and images are large and/or enlargeable, it is
easier for users with poor sight to read and understand the content. When links are underlined (or
otherwise differentiated) as well as colored, this ensures that color blind users will be able to
notice them. When clickable links and areas are large, this helps users who cannot control a mouse
with precision. When pages are not coded in a way that hinders navigation by means of the keyboard
alone, or a single switch access device alone, this helps users who cannot use a mouse or even a
standard keyboard. When videos are closed captioned, chaptered, or a sign language version is
available, deaf and hard-of-hearing users can understand the video. When flashing effects are
avoided or made optional, users prone to seizures caused by these effects are not put at risk. And
when content is written in plain language and illustrated with instructional diagrams and
animations, users with dyslexia and learning difficulties are better able to understand the content.
When sites are correctly built and maintained, all of these users can be accommodated without
decreasing the usability of the site for non-disabled users.
The needs that web accessibility aims to address
include:
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Visual: Visual impairments including blindness, various common types of low vision and poor eyesight, various types of color blindness;
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Motor/mobility: e.g. difficulty or inability to use the hands, including tremors, muscle slowness, loss of fine muscle control, etc., due to conditions such as Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke;
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Auditory: Deafness or hearing impairments, including individuals who are hard of hearing;
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Seizures: Photo epileptic seizures caused by visual strobe or flashing effects.
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Cognitive and intellectual: Developmental disabilities, learning difficulties (dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), and cognitive disabilities (PTSD, Alzheimer's) of various origins, affecting memory, attention, developmental "maturity", problem-solving and logic skills, etc.
Accessibility is not confined to the list above, rather it extends to anyone who is experiencing any
permanent, temporary or situational disability. Situational disability refers to someone who may be
experiencing a boundary based on the current experience. For example, a person may be situationally
one-handed if they are carrying a baby. Web accessibility should be mindful of users experiencing a
wide variety of barriers.
Web Accessibility
Web accessibility, or eAccessibility, is making sure that websites on the World Wide Web do not restrict access to people with physical disabilities or situational disabilities, giving users equal access to information and functionality.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are part of a series of web accessibility guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the main international standards organization for the Internet. They are a set of recommendations for making Web content more accessible, primarily for people with disabilities—but also for all user agents, including highly limited devices, such as mobile phones. WCAG 2.0, were published in December 2008 and became an ISO standard, ISO/IEC 40500:2012 in October 2012. WCAG 2.1 became a W3C Recommendation in June 2018.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content must be Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust.
WE HELP KEEP YOUR WEBSITE EASY TO USE.
Part of attracting the right client for you is allowing for ALL the possibilities, and remediating your website to be as accessible as it can be for all to use. At Website Accessibility Compliance Professionals, we’re all about website accessibility. In today’s worldwide web economy, your website is a valuable investment that can add substantially to your bottom line. We’ll make it easy for all your customers to use your website.
Website Accessibility Audits
A growing number of organizations, companies and consultants offer website accessibility audits. These audits, a type of system testing, identify accessibility problems that exist within a website, and provide advice and guidance on the steps that need to be taken to correct these problems.
A range of methods are used to audit websites for accessibility:
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Automated tools are available which can identify some of the problems that are present. Depending on the tool the result may vary widely making it difficult to compare test results.
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Expert technical reviewers, knowledgeable in web design technologies and accessibility, can review a representative selection of pages and provide detailed feedback and advice based on their findings.
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User testing, usually overseen by technical experts, involves setting tasks for ordinary users to carry out on the website, and reviewing the problems these users encounter as they try to carry out the tasks.
Each of these methods has its strengths and weaknesses:
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Automated tools can process many pages in a relatively short length of time, but can only identify a limited portion of the accessibility problems that might be present in the website.
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Technical expert review will identify many of the problems that exist, but the process is time-consuming, and many websites are too large to make it possible for a person to review every page.
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User testing, usually overseen by technical experts, involves setting tasks for ordinary users to carry out on the website, and reviewing the problems these users encounter as they try to carry out the tasks.
Automated tools and automated remediation has proven to be 40% to 60% effective which has resulted in legal issues.
User testing combines elements of usability and accessibility testing, and is valuable for identifying problems that might otherwise be overlooked, but needs to be used knowledgeably to avoid the risk of basing design decisions on one user's preferences. Ideally, a combination of methods should be used to assess the accessibility of a website.
WE RUN AUTOMATED AND MANUAL TESTING FOR THE AUDIT AND CHECKING AFTER REMEDIATION.
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