Website Accessibility Basics

Making your website usable by everyone.

Updated December 2025
16 min read
By Simon Todd
Security & Compliance

What is Web Accessibility?

Making your website usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.

Why It Matters

  • 16 million people in the UK have a disability
  • £274 billion spending power
  • Legal requirements under Equality Act

Common Issues

  • Images without alt text
  • Poor colour contrast
  • Missing form labels
  • Keyboard navigation issues
  • Heading structure problems

Quick Wins

  1. Add alt text to all images
  2. Check colour contrast
  3. Test keyboard navigation
  4. Add proper form labels
  5. Fix heading structure
  6. Make link text descriptive

Testing Tools

  • WAVE (wave.webaim.org)
  • axe DevTools
  • Lighthouse (Chrome)

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