<\/div>{"id":41125,"date":"2022-09-09T10:57:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T15:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/?p=41125"},"modified":"2025-06-15T21:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:29:19","slug":"website-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/website-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Your Website More Accessible (And Why You Should)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is your\u00a0business website<\/a>\u00a0optimized for accessibility?<\/p>\n The answer to this question affects you and your business more than you think. According to The\u00a0World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO), over one billion people currently experience disability (about 15% of the world’s population). And the number is increasing.<\/p>\n Some disabilities make it difficult or impossible for people to browse the Internet. As a result, most business websites miss an opportunity to reach this valuable audience.<\/p>\n Web accessibility is the inclusive practice of creating websites, tools, and technologies designed and developed to give all visitors, including people with disabilities and impairments, equal access. The goal of web accessibility is to offer the same or similar experience to people with limitations as those who do not have limitations.<\/p>\n <\/div> We’ll share insights below on how you can make your website more accessible. But first, let’s briefly look at the types of disabilities that web accessibility<\/a> aims to address:<\/p>\n Because disabilities differ, how disabled people access the web depends on their computer, whether or not they use assistive technology and their disability.<\/p>\n Making your business website web accessible can help you reach a bigger audience. Accessibility is required by law in some industries and countries. Among other things, web accessibility:<\/p>\n The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)\u00a02.0<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a02.1<\/a>, developed by the\u00a0World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)<\/a>, aim to create an international standard for web content accessibility.<\/p>\n These guidelines actively work to remove and reduce digital access barriers for individuals, organizations, and governments. Their website provides detailed requirements, success criteria, and techniques for implementing accessibility features.<\/p>\nWhat is web accessibility?<\/h2>
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 & 2.1<\/h2>\n
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