What is accessibility?
Accessibility is a very important subject for the web and web developers, but it is one that isn’t always that well understood. By learning about some of the fundamentals of web accessibility, we can make small improvements that will make a big difference for a lot of users.
Note
Accessibility is a long word often shortened to the numeronym (a word abbreviated with numbers) a11y. The term a11y is a useful one to recognize as it is widely used when talking about accessibility and, if you are researching the subject, a web search for a11y will return useful results.
We can remove barriers for the following users:
- Users with visual impairments who cannot get information from images that do not have a text alternative
- Users with hearing impairments who cannot get information from media (audio or video)
- Users with physical impairments that prevent them from using a mouse
By making our web pages accessible to those who are disabled...
