Most likely, we have all faced accessibility issues, or we might
know someone who has. For instance, might have had trouble
accessing a website because the browser or device was not
compatible, or perhaps you might have heard of someone having
difficulties using a mouse to navigate a document because of an arm
injury, and we are all aware that, as we get older, we might need
to zoom in on screens to read content clearly. These issues affect
most of us at some point in life, but there are other scenarios
that are less known to most, as we never had to go through them.
Ignoring these needs means we are disregarding our users right for
digital accessibility.
Digital Accessibility refers to the ability to
access digital content (websites, documents, multimedia, etc.) for
everyone, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. To be
accessible, we need to adopt the international standards known as
the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), which consist of
four
