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Web Accessibilty is important nowadays, because it encompasses people with disabilities to be able to use the Web. Millions of people use web and some of them have disabilities that make it difficult or impossible for them to use the web.The web offers many opportunities to people with disabilities that are unavailable through any other medium. It offers independence and freedom. Most people do not intend to exclude people with disabilities. As organizations and designers become aware of and implement accessibility, they will ensure that their content can be accessed by a broader population.
Making the Web Accessible
Web developers are responsible for making the web accessible . They use different Assistive technologies to help those PWD user's.
Assistive Technology
- provides services beyond those offered by the browser to facilitate user interaction with web content by people with disabilities.(e.g Screen readers, Brail output, Keyboard Navigation, Eye Trackers, Text-to-Speech, Voice Browser)
- devices and services were first defined in federal law in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-476). These definitions remained unchanged until 2004 with the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (Public Law 108-446) when an exemption to the definition of an assistive technology device was added to clarify a school system’s responsibility to provide surgically implanted technology such as cochlear implants.
Four Majors Categories of Accessibility
1. Visual
- can be non-sighted users, users with low-vision, users with obstructed vision, or older users
2. Auditory
- users with hearing disabilities
3. Motor
- Has limitation in the independent or purpose physical movement of the body
4. Cognitive
- involve disorders of any part of the nervous system.
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References:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
http://www.gpat.org/georgia-project-for-assistive-technology/pages/assistive-technology-definition.aspx
https://webaim.org/intro/
https://medium.com/paramsingh-66174/web-accessibility-developing-web-with-empathy-2aee08ebe97c
