In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed by Congress. The law was designed to protect people with disabilities from being discriminated against, because of a physical or mental disability.
Accessible Web Site Design and Development
Since their successful application to GAWDS (Guild of Accessible Web Designers) in May 2004, Bournemouth based Southbourne Internet (SONET) showcase managed accessible web site design and development, offering website management programs and accessibility through client-managed web systems with maximised market penetration.
Benefits of an Accessible Website – Part 2: The Business Case
The DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore falls under this law, and as such must be made accessible to everyone.
Benefits Of Making Your Website Accessible To Disabled Users Part 2: The Business Case
The Disability Discrimination Act states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore comes under this law.
YouSearched Launches Disability Accessible Search Engine
Claiming to be the world’s first accessible search engine for people with disabilities, YouSearched.com has completed its launch. In an email sent by StepForth, a member of the YouSearched design team, the plans on how the engine achieves its accessibility goals is laid out.
Is Your Site Accessible? Five Simple Tests
Accessibility is not a new issue, but there is still a great deal of confusion out there about what makes a Web site accessible and why it matters. If you don’t think this topic is important, consider this:
Making Your Site Accessible Creates High Rankings
A site review by Tiffany K. Edmonds of Dynamite-IT.
My recommendations for improving Inf-inet.com – in a nutshell would be: 1. Address the accessibility issues on the site. It will also help search engine rankings to do so.
How to make non-text elements accessible – some notes
Making non-text elements, particularly images, accessible is fundamental to accessible web design; even if you attended to this issue alone, you would make a big impact on the accessibility of your site.
Accessible web text – sizing up the issues
In part 2 of my introduction to accessible web text, I explore the issues surrounding text size; explain what all the fuss is about; and suggest some useful approaches you can adopt to ensure the text on your web pages will be readable to your visitors.
Are You Accessible by Phone?
Many people will not do business with people on the internet unless they have a phone number.