Resources on issues of accessibility and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
Lists in websites and documents are an important part of universal design for the web. This article will outline why lists need to be styled properly, and how to format them correctly.
One principle of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requires that web content must be understandable. Lists often make information easier to read, because it:
Hiding decorative objects in websites and documents is an important part of universal design for the web. This article will outline what decorative objects are, and why content creators should hide them.
One principle of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requires that web content must be perceivable. In other words, people with a variety of disabilities must be able to perceive web content that is presented audibly or visually, including images. Therefore, most images in a website or document need alt-text or image descriptions. These techniques make images perceivable to people using screen readers or Braille displays.
Our last article explored alternative text (alt-text) descriptions of images, as part of universal design for the web. In this article, we will discuss image descriptions in websites and documents, a different way to make pictures perceivable to a variety of viewers.
Alternative text (alt-text) in websites and documents is an important part of universal design for the web. This article will outline what alt-text is. In addition, the article will explain how to ensure high-quality alt-text in websites and documents.
One principle of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requires that web content must be perceivable. In other words, people with a variety of disabilities should be able to perceive web content that is presented audibly or visually, including images. Furthermore, WCAG requires websites to be robust, to work with current and future assistive technologies.
Headings in websites and documents are an important part of universal design for the web. This article will outline why people with a variety of disabilities find headings useful. In addition, the article will explain why headings need to be styled properly.
