Accessibility steps : How to design an accessible site : part 6

Step 6 - The final judgement

If you want to know the real truth of how accessible your site is, you won't go far wrong with listening to your audience. At the end of the day its there say that dictates whether your site was accessed. So get feedback from individuals with disabilities. Most are very willing to give you feedback if it will help increase the accessibility of your content to the disability community.

Sometimes features of the site that you believed would increase accessibility end up being very confusing or inaccessible. Be willing to make changes based on user testing. Especially seek feedback on your navigation structure and use of language. These two things can pose huge accessibility barriers to a large group of individuals. As soon as their recommendations for changes have been made, have them test again and see if things are better. Encourage feedback from all of your site visitors.

Web accessibility is a continual process and one that should be evaluated often. Each time you update or change content, quickly run through the previous 5 steps. You will quickly get very good at them and eventually you will understand how to both evaluate and create accessible Web content.

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To determine how accessible your website is, please contact us. For further details on making your website accessible, visit the Disability Rights Commission or read our free accessible report on web sites.