Web accessibility is becoming more important than ever before. Generally, society is moving towards dealing with things online. This trend is speeding up even more during 2020 as we are trying to stay home and avoid social interactions. This is where accessibility comes in.

Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.

People need to be able to perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web. Everyone also needs to be able to contribute to the Web.

Some example of resources we access on the internet are:

• government information and services,
• education and training,
• commerce,
• news,
• workplace interaction,
• healthcare

When working on making the Web an accessible place, we need to consider the following disabilities:

• auditory
• cognitive
• neurological
• physical
• speech
• visual

Disabilities can be permanent or temporary. Think about a person with a broken arm, or someone trying to see their screen in bright sunlight, or someone trying to watch a video in a really loud environment. All these people benefit from accessible Web.

Unfortunately, coming across an accessible site is quite a rare experience these days. When developing a website, focus on writing semantic HTML and when you are reviewing your peers' work, run basic accessibility checks - it takes only a couple of minutes but goes a long way. Do yourself a favor and make your website accessible. You will appreciate the effort next time you need to navigate the site only with your keyboard.