Accessibility (Issue)

Every web site should include an accessibility page that explains how the site supports users with disabilities. What should be included on the page?

Accessibility has been considered when creating the Wimbledon web site. Not everything is right. Hopefully it will be accessible to more people with disabilities next year.

A video on the 2012 Olympic website caused epileptic fits. A quick investigation showed that the site as a whole is badly coded and hence not accessible. Time to fix it now.

WCAG 2.0 is much more understandable than WCAG 1.0. The complexity of the standards should no longer be an excuse for not developing accessible solutions.

Web 2.0 has increased the use of visualisation for maps, dashboards, flow diagrams etc. The initial reaction is these will not be accessible but used in the right way they should improve accessibility

The UK Disability Equality Duty applies directly to public authorities and could lead to jail sentences but it will also impact suppliers of goods and services.

Two cases going through the US courts at the moment should be a wake up call to all enterprises and IT suppliers that accessibility and the rights of the disabled need to be on the urgent to-do list.

RSI is serious, debilitating and painful - it also avoidable and can be recovered from. The latest news from a one day conference.

Making a web site accessible can improve its search engine rating. And improving the search engine optimisation can make a web site more accessible. How do you ensure both?