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Making a website or mobile app accessible means making sure it can be used by as many people as possible. This includes those with:
Accessibility means more than putting things online. It means making your content and design clear and simple enough so that most people can use it without needing to adapt it, while supporting those who do need to adapt things.
A helpful tool
One of the simpliest things you can do to make your website instantly more accessible is to ensure you have enough contrast between the background and your text content. There are many tools you can use to check elements of your site and tweak the colours as needed. Click below for a colour contrast tool that we prefer to use.
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In Ontario accessible content is a requirement mostly for designated public sector organization and business or non-profit organization with 50 or more employees.
However, even if your company is not legally required to have an accessible website, it is still extremely important not to exclude a large pool of users that may otherwise struggle to access your content.
At least 1 in 5 people in Canada have a long term illness, impairment or disability. Many more have a temporary disability. Having an accessible website means you can reach a much larger number of users, which in turn can provide you with more conversions. We are now living in world that is highly driven by online content and at Fringe Media we believe that nobody should be disadvantaged in the future of digital media.
There are a number of different compliance standards. The type of regulations applicable to your business depend on where your business operates from. While each standard aims to make all information (whether digital or print) accessible to people with disabilities, they are all different, however they all follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is a series of standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG gives companies an actionable guide and resource for making a website accessible to users with disabilities.
There are three tiers:
Recognized as an ISO standard, WCAG is the go-to resource for website accessibility. Please click here for all standards set out under WCAG 2.
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