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Accessibility of a site means, on basic terms, how easy or hard is it for everyone to use a site. This includes people with disabilities such as being blind, or seeing impared, deaf, or hearing impared, or those that have physical disabilities. It could simply be that the person viewing the site is not web literate or has limited computer knowledge. Using 'ALT' tags will help describe images for those who cannot see them properly. The use of sound can also help these individuals. For the hearing impared it is good to have a balance of visual aids, without it being to crowded or messy.
Something to consider when making a site is the "Three-click rule". This means that everything on a site should be accessible with three clicks of the mouse. This will help those who are not so savvy in the computer world easily and quickly use a site.
1. In your own words describe web accessibility. Web accessibility means being sensitive to all needs when considering contents for a web site.
2. What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? It says that no one will be discriminated against by government or private business because of a disability.
3. How does the ADA apply to web design? It accomodates those that have disabilities that would prevent them from using a site as someone without disabilities would.
4. What does it mean to simplify the content of your site? Presenting the content in a clear and consise method.
5. What does it mean to simplify the navigation of your site? Making menus quick and easy to get to what content you want.
6. How many clicks should it take to get from any page to any other page in your site? It should take no more than 3.
7.Name two things you can do to make your site more accessible to the visually impared. The use of "ALT" tags help the text reader explain the images, and use the TAB key on the site for those who cannot focus the mouse.
8. Name something you can incorporate into your design that can make your site more accessible to people with low vision, as well as color blindness. An author can incorporate the greyscale theory when creaing the CSS design to consider these disabilities.
9.If you have audio content on your site, what can you do to make sure people with hearing disabilities can also appreciate it? Alternate transcription for audio content can be used, to allow a hearing impaired person to have access to the audio. This is very similar to close captioning.
10.What can you do to make your site more user-friendly for those who have a hard time using a mouse? The TAB key is an option for those who cannot use a mouse very well.
11. What three things can you do to make your site easier for a person with cognitive disabilities to use? Keep navigation and menus simple, keep links organized and logical, and use graphics for anchors instead of large amounts of text.