Web Accessibility

Raised awareness on the difficulties created by inaccessible digital technology for people with disabilities has led to a growing demand for accessible websites and an increase in digital accessibilit...

Web Accessibility

Are you manually checking your website for accessibility issues? If not, you might be overlooking critical accessibility issues that affect your compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guideline...

Web Accessibility

Today, in support of the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons, we at Siteimprove, turned off style sheets, images, and JavaScript across all of Siteimproves’ websites. The purpose is t...

Web Accessibility

“The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.”  Tim Berners-Lee, W3C director and inventor of the www When digital inclusion is the ...

Web Accessibility

Updated February 13, 2024 Does your website rely heavily on color to help your visitors navigate your content? If the answer is yes, then you might be making it impossible for the 1 in 12 men and the ...

Web Accessibility

“Accessibility statements.” If your organization is looking to enhance its accessibility initiatives, you’ve probably heard the phrase before. Your web accessibility statement is a public-facing page ...

Web Accessibility

Since 2010, Siteimprove has been a member of the UN Global Compact, a corporate sustainability initiative that works to align company initiatives with universal principles on human rights, environment...

Web Accessibility

As an Accessibility Community Consultant with Siteimprove, and as a totally blind screen reader user, I am often asked what I think about accessibility overlays. As someone who has been using a screen...

Web Accessibility

Do you have unanswered questions about web accessibility and how your public sector organization can prepare for the EU Web Accessibility Directive deadline? In this post, we answer the most frequentl...

Web Accessibility

There are 135 million people in the EU who have a disability—and that number will only grow as the population ages. To address the rights of those people as outlined by the UN Convention of Rights ...

Web Accessibility

The EU Directive on the Accessibility of Public Sector Websites, also known as the Web Accessibility Directive (WAD) or Directive 2016/2102, requires all public sector organizations in EU member state...

Web Accessibility

At long last, two of the most looming accessibility questions in the United States have been answered: What is the deadline for becoming digitally accessible? What types of content must be accessible...