It means creating a website that is inclusive to all visitors. The ultimate goal is to provide people with disabilities equal access to content on your website. You website needs to be structured in such a way that assistive technologies such as screen readers can read and navigate the content.
This includes making sure the entire website can be navigated with just a keyboard, alt tags describe images, appropriate heading structure is in place, and ensuring contrast between text and background is high enough.
Information and user interface components must be presented to users in ways they can perceive.
This includes things like text that is large enough to read on a screen.
User interface components and navigation must be operable.
Broken links, such as social icons that don’t lead anywhere.
Information and the operation of the user interface must be understandable.
Things like menu visibility and locations should be clear and remain consistent.
Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted by a wide variety of users and assistive technologies such as screen reading software.
We can review your website with you and let you know what is required to meet the Canadian Accessibility Requirements.
Accessibility Compliance Rules from the Ontario Government can be found here.
If you want to see how accessible your current website is, visit the link below.
