1. Home

Creating accessible content

Accessibility is for everyone

  • accessibility is about making sure our websites can be used by people with disabilities
  • but making our website accessible to people with disabilities can also help visitors without disabilities
  • this means accessibility is really about making our content accessible to as many people as possible.

Accessibility for people with a disability

  • people with low-level vision use the zoom capability of their browser to make text larger
  • blind people use screen readers, which read the text on the page to them
  • deaf people rely on captions and transcripts to consume video or audio content
  • people with some motor impairments are not able to use a mouse and rely entirely on their keyboard to access buttons or links on a webpage
  • people with dyslexia rely on images and videos to make it easier for them to understand information

Accessibility for people without a disability

  • someone who has lost their glasses can use the zoom capability of the browser to make text larger
  • someone on a small mobile phone can use a screen reader to read web pages
  • someone in a noisy environment may not be able to hear audio and can use captions and transcripts to consume video or audio content
  • someone with a broken arm may not be able to move their mouse but can use the keyboard to access buttons or links on a webpage
  • someone who has the flu and who cannot focus on long pieces of text can use images and videos to make it easier for them to understand information

Don’t forget that accessibility is also a legal requirement