Accessibility
Accessibility is about designing an accessible website to ensure that
its content is available to the maximum number of visitors, including
people with disabilities, regardless of the technology they are using.
The five main types of disabilities that affect Internet usage are:
Visual impairments
Hearing impairments
Mobility impairments
Cognitive impairments
Seizure disorders
In 1999, the UK Government's Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was
extended to cover all "Goods, Facilities and Services" provided by UK
businesses.
This means that if your web site provides a service, you may be liable
to legal action if you do not take all reasonable steps to ensure that
the service is available to people with disabilities.
We don't consider accessibility to be optional - it makes obvious sense
to ensure your site can be used by the widest possible range of people.
Therefore, we build sites to UK Government, RNIB, and W3C Standards, and
incorporates features to ensure that every visitor can access
information (including providing alternative text descriptions, using
simple and intuitive site navigation, labelling elements clearly, and
producing logical page structures).
