Everyone wants a website to be accessible to everyone, and
certainly no one wants to exclude people from getting key information about
their organisation. Yet so many websites don’t cater for those with
disabilities/ of particular concern is the partially sighted community but also
a well-developed should also be fully usable for those with cognitive
disorders, the deaf community those with conditions such as Dyslexia. In fact
there is no reason why your website shouldn't be accessible to all your potential
user base.
So often accessibility requirements get missed out or
forgotten in the excitement of a new project, but just by asking your current
or potential suppliers some simple questions as early as possible you can get a
long way to a fully accessible website.
- 1. Is your system compliant with the 2010 Equality Act?
- 2. Does it work with Screen readers? (And speech to text)
- 3. Can you change the Colours?
- 4. Are the security procedures accessible?
- 5. Can they help you write accessible content?
Of course this is just the start and to truly have an
assessable system you need to embed a culture of understanding between your
organisation and your suppliers. But these questions are as good a start as
any.
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