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
- Add alt text to all images
- Check colour contrast
- Test keyboard navigation
- Add proper form labels
- Fix heading structure
- Make link text descriptive
Testing Tools
- WAVE (wave.webaim.org)
- axe DevTools
- Lighthouse (Chrome)
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