Make your page accessible to people with disabilities
What is ADA?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in 1990. It is a comprehensive civil rights law that makes it unlawful for public and private employers to discriminate against individuals with disabilities. In addition, ADA covers access to public and private programs, services, facilities, and transportation. In particular, Title II of ADA requires government entities to remove barriers that preclude the full participation of people with disabilities. This applies to any services, programs, or facilities.
| ADA Accessible Web Site Design Guidelines |
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Page Design
- Be consistent with web page layout
- Create a logical link order to allow for faster and easier navigation
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Links
- use meaningful link titles
- be consistent with link title names as they are used on navigation bars, page titles and within the content of a web page
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Images
- use "alt" tags (a text description of an image) for every image or graphic
- avoid the use of flashing, flickering or blinking images
- try to use high contrast images, they are easier for people with visual disabilities to see
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Color
- use black text on a white backbround whenever possible
- avoid white text on a black background
- avoid the use of background images
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Text
- Don't use phrases such as "click here"
- Expand abbreviations for the first occurrence on each page
- Avoid the use of moving text
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Audio and Video Clips
- Provide text descriptions of audio or video clips.
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Want to learn more about making your page accessible ?
There are many things that you can do to make your web site accessible to those with disabilities. Please navigate to this checklist http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/full-checklist for full details.
