Services - Accessibility
What is Accessibility?
90%
of websites are inaccessible to people with visibility or mobility impairments.
To overcome this, websites should include code which allows a site's content
to be understood and navigated by everybody. This is now a legal requirement.
Unfortunately, most website designers do not build in such code.
Why it concerns you:
- Accessibility is a demonstration of corporate social responsibility.
- If competitors are accessible and you are not, you may be viewed in a bad light and lose custom.
- There are over 8m people with disabilities people in the UK with a combined spending power estimated at £45bn p.a.
- Accessible design enhances the user experience for everyone (e.g. site downloads quicker, more technologies are supported).
- Inaccessible sites may be in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act.
- If your web site is inaccessible, you may be excluding potential future employees with disabilities, which is also unlawful.
WebImperative's Solution
Since 2003, we have been working on sites for major organisations, which, as part of their funding, have had to meet accessibility requirements. In doing so, we have garnered the necessary expertise and got to grips with all of the issues involved. We now ensure that all of our sites meet the minimum legal accessibility requirements. If this is of particular concern to you, then we will build your site in such a way as to get 3* Bobby approval.
