Accesibility and Disability Discrimination Act

Making sure your site is compliant can boh bring you inline with the DDA and improve your sites functionality

For Accessibility and Usability enquiries call us on 0208 669 0127

Unfortunately many web designers use tools to build sites that does not correctly produce the code and this means there are barriers in the way making it either difficult or impossible for some people to access your website.

We have been running acessibility surveys for 2 years now and as the internet and the W3C evolves and new technologies come in to the public domain, so the rules evolve and compliance becomes even more important.

What do you do next!

Whether you need a detailed accessibility audit and report with recommendations and technical solutions or a simple test for compliance with the Website Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines published by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) , we are here to help.

Our "no nonsense" approach will provide you with clear information and practical suggestions to make your web pages accessible to all and compliant with relevant legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

To get you going we have compiled a basic list of checkpoints you can do for yourself.

Below are a few very basic examples so have a look through your own website, but before you do you should be aware that people are becoming more and more critical to what they see online, so even if they aren't disabled, rectifying the problems that we list in our reports has positive results for all of your viewers.

We are currently offering a FREE website audit so click here to find out more and get in touch to see what is available.

Images and Alt text

This image shows the basic markup for Alt text.

The Alt text is the most obvious example that most web developes should be aware of when building. All images should have alternative text applied.

If Alt text isn't provided for an image, the image information isn't accessible, i.e people who cannot see the screen cannot tell what the image is displaying.

When Alt text is coded into the markup, everyone  has the information available to them, including blind users, people using mobile phones with images turned off, people in ural areas with images turned off.  It is also available for search engines to index thus increasing your sites exposure online.

Keyboard input

An image showing a mouse not being available for use

Some computer users cannot use a mouse, including older people who may have limited motor control.  An accessible site does not rely on the mouse and should provide all the functionality via the keyboard.

 

If you would like to find out more about our Accessibility reporting services please call us on 0208 669 0127.


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