Top 3 Most Common Accessibility Failures on Websites and How to Fix Them

In today’s digital world, ensuring that websites are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities, is not just a matter of legal compliance. Nor is it just the fundamental aspect of creating an inclusive online environment, it’s smart business. It’s impacts on the bottom line can be directly measured and it’s ripples can be seen through to user experience, SEO and customer retention.

Web accessibility refers to the design, creation and use of websites, applications and digital products that can be used by people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. This is a forever evolving field that aims to encompass all disabilities that affect access to the web, including:

• visual,
• auditory,
• physical,
• speech,
• cognitive,
• neurological.

The WebAIM Million survey, an annual analysis by WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind), examines the accessibility of the top one million home pages on the internet. Each year the report highlights the ongoing challenges and vast areas needing improvement in web accessibility; 2023’s report was no exception. With an average of 50 accessibility errors per page, the findings clearly show significant…