If you have a website, it is over 95% certain that it will not be accessible for disabled people. This is because, this year, over 95% of top 1 million websites failed basic accessibility checks.
The best way to find out what those accessibility issues may be and how they should be resolved is through having a team of experts in website accessibility test your website. They will provide you with a detailed report of where it does not meet the WCAG Guidelines and how they can be resolved.
WCAG stands for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and it provides a framework to help web designers create websites and other forms of digital content that meet the accessibility requirements of disabled people.
If you think of a website as a digital building, you can see WCAG Compliance as meeting the building regulations that have been in existence since 1999 but have not been enforced. Can you imagine if 95% of the physical buildings in the world failed to meet their own building regulations? Buildings collapsing would be a daily occurrence!
This is what is happening with websites all around the world today, as far as disabled people are concerned. Most countries in the world have a Legal Framework in place to encourage compliance with the regulations and enforcement is now becoming a daily occurrence.
Follow this link for more details on WCAG Compliance.
We have been at the forefront of achieving the highest accessibility standards through designing, building and testing websites since 2006. Clive Loseby, our Managing Director, is a TED Speaker on Website Accessibility and his TEDTalk has reached over 950,000 people!
In 2011, we created the Web's first accessible, mobile and tablet-friendly website. This achievement was recognised in 2015 when we won the award for Product Innovation at the Observer Business Awards, for being at the forefront of WCAG Compliance.
This was followed up with us winning the Digital Excellence award at the same business awards earlier this year (2024)!
Our clients include UK Government Agencies, several NHS Trusts, Amnesty International, Barclays Bank, The Criminal Records Office, Traffic Scotland, Wightlink Ferries, the Girl Guides and many more.
We have always worked with disabled people in all aspects of our work and it is their lived experience that shapes everything we do. We use disabled people in our Accessibility Testing Team because they add value to our work that cannot be found any other way. When you watch them testing your website and explaining where the challenges are as they find them, you will find it compelling viewing!
We are here to help and encourage everyone in their accessibility journey, we do not want you to feel inadequate, we want you to be inspired! We believe in sharing best practices and we will work with your web design team in advising on strategies that will allow them to develop their skills in both design and coding. This will help ensure that all projects from now on will start from a base that meets a much higher standard of WCAG Accessibility.
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