Acessibility for HTML 📌
Having accessible websites is crucial for inclusivity, legal compliance, a broader audience, improved user experience, SEO benefits, ethical responsibility, reputation, and future-proofing.
Did you know?
- 96.8% of homepages had detectable WCAG 2 failures.
- 15% of the world's population has some sort of disability.
- 62% of adults with a disability own a laptop or desktop computer compared to 81% of adults without a disability.
- According to the Web AIM Million Report researching one million websites, the number of detectable accessibility errors was 50.8 on average per home page. This was a minor improvement from 51.4 errors one year ago.
How to start creating accessible web apps?
To begin creating accessible websites, start by familiarizing yourself with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), a comprehensive set of standards for web accessibility. Adopt accessible design principles and coding practices from the outset, focusing on factors like clear and organized content, keyboard navigation, alternative text for images, and semantic HTML markup. Regularly test your website using accessibility evaluation tools and, crucially, seek feedback from individuals with disabilities to identify and address specific issues. Make accessibility an integral part of your web development process, ensuring that new content and features are accessible and that ongoing maintenance includes accessibility updates.
Read the WCAG and learn best practices
Below is the link to the WCAG guidelines with all the information to build a more accessible web
WCAG Overview - Acessibility guidelines
Let's improve our code and make the web more inclusive and accessible for everyone ❤️