Accessibility & Section 508

Making websites fully accessible to all users

Developing a website that allows all users to access to the information on your site makes good business sense. Accessible web sites are standards-compliant and more likely to be supported by new devices and future web browsers. In some cases, web accessibility is required by law. Together, we will review the accessibility of your website and determine additional features necessary for Section 508 compliance. We’ll also outline the value accessibility adds for your customers. My training at the American Printing House for the Blind and in educational testing, where accessibility is critical, have given me a solid footing in the accessibility arena. Web accessibility refers to all disabilities that affect a person’s ability to access content on the web:

• visual impairments: blindness, low vision, and color blindness
• auditory impairments
• physical and motor limitations
• speech disabilities
• cognitive and neurological disabilities

Web accessibility is equal opportunity

Web accessibility is essential to providing equal access to your website content. Although visitors who rely on accessibility may only comprise a small subset of your audience, by evaluating your website for accessibility you are not excluding those users.