Make Your Small Business More Accessible

To understand accessibility, you first need to understand the challenges that people with disabilities often face in their daily lives. Some disabilities are visible. Others are not immediately apparent. But someone with any type of impairment may encounter barriers to completing certain tasks or activities. Accessibility ensures that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate and interact with the products, service, and tools available to anyone else. Often, this can be done with the help of assistive technologies that break down those barriers.

What is Accessibility?

Accessibility ensures people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with products, services, and tools.

Assistive technologies help overcome barriers.

Universal Design

Design elements and features for digital content.

How do you clearly communicate your design?

  1. Image Descriptions

  2. Alt Text and Descriptions

  3. Color Contrast

  4. Design Techniques

  5. Text Formatting and Headers

  6. Text Links

  7. Video Caption and Transcripts

Be Inclusive

 

  • Don’t make assumptions

  • Speak normally

  • If you aren’t sure, ask

  • Respect an individual’s requests and personal space

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