Digital Accessibility Center
Welcome to Nationwide Digital Accessibility Center! Digital accessibility means that websites and mobile applications are designed and developed so that all people can reasonably use them. Our goal is to enhance accessibility across digital platforms and provide you with helpful information about web accessibility.
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Types of disabilities
Visual
People who are blind need alternative text descriptions for meaningful images. They use the keyboard and not a mouse to interact with interactive elements. Decorative images should be marked accordingly so screen reader users can ignore those images.
Cognitive / neurological
An uncluttered screen, consistent navigation and the use of plain language would be useful for people with different learning disabilities/impairments/low vocabularies.
Hearing / auditory
People who are deaf or hard of hearing need captioning for video presentations and visual indicators in place of audio cues.
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Motor / physical
People with motor impairments may need alternative keyboards, eye control or other assistive technology to help them type and navigate on their devices.
Resources
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Disclaimer
While the information here is based on WCAG 2.1 AA standards, it is not meant to replace the
W3C's WCAG 2.1 AA guidance documentation