Web accessibility is a field of UX (user experience) that Avion Communications is especially passionate about. It incorporates simple guidelines into web designs with the aim of assisting internet navigation for people with disabilities.
For example, people who have a vision impairment find navigating webpages difficult if accessibility hasn’t been thought of during the website’s design. More so, depending on the degree and kind of vision impairment, a web user may only be able to see parts of a page or none at all. The kinds of vision impairment that affect web browsing include:
- macular degeneration
- glaucoma
- diabetic retinopathy
- cataracts
- blindness.
Here’s some examples of how low vision impairment, in particular, affects web browsing.
This is how a sighted person sees a website
This is how someone with cataracts sees a website
This is how someone with macular degeneration sees a website
This is how someone with diabetic retinopathy sees a website
This is how someone with glaucoma sees a website
This is how you can help users with vision impairment
Making your website accessible is essential. Not only will you open your business’ services to millions of people in Australia who have some kind of disability, but you’ll also demonstrate social responsibility and inclusion.
Avion Communications can help you make your content web accessible by following a few simple guidelines, as stated by the WCAG 2.0.
Vision impairment that affects web browsing doesn’t mean people with vision impairment can’t use the internet. The team at Avion can help you create accessible websites for vision impaired user by suggesting ways to improve accessibility, including:
- advice for coding correctly for screen readers and/or keyboard navigation
- writing in a clear and concise manner
- labelling page titles, heading hierarchies and sub-headings for easeful navigation
- correcting colour contrasts.
Not only can Avion help with accessibility for vision impairment, but most other disabilities that websites don’t often cater to. If you’d like to learn more about making your website accessible, get in touch today!
