2.3 Accessibility

The aim is to make your site easily accessible to all, and to reduce any barriers to its use by:

• people with disabilities, such as sight, hearing, or physical problems, learning difficulties;



• older people, with sight, hearing, physical or cognitive problems;



• inexperienced Internet users;



• people using different types of technology;



• people using older technology;



• non-English speakers, if you are targeting such groups.

Sites designed for these user groups will be accessible by all.

The Disability Discrimination Act requires organisations to make their facilities and services accessible to disabled people. Look at the Disability Rights Commission site for further information (http://www.drc-gb.org) [Opens in new browser window].

Other pages in this "How to design" section discuss:

Accessibility - fonts, colours and graphics

Accessibility - use of technology

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