Website accessibility
Quick facts on worldwide disability
- 13% (962 million people) worldwide, 1 in 8 people are aged 60+ years old.
- 10% (528 million people) worldwide, 1 in 10 people show some signs of dyslexia.
- 3% (253 million people) worldwide, 1 in 33 people have a vision impairment.
- 25% of people, 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. and European Union have arthritis.
- 15% of people aged 15+ worldwide, are illiterate.
- 25% (12 million adults) in the UK, 1 in 4 people cannot complete basic online tasks.
For more information read Information on different categories of people for graphic communication, website and information designers including free infographic by User Design, Illustration and Typesetting (our website designers).
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Overall graphic communication design
We have aimed to make the overall graphic communication design of this website accessible and usable, that builds on best practice guidelines and research. We have also structured the various sections of this website and navigation bar into clear parts.
Clear English
We have aimed to make the written content as easy-to-understand as possible, jargon free, and have also explained any abbreviations and acronyms.
Website accessibility
We have used the latest HTML coding, utilising navigation, main, footer, figure, section and heading tags, that also conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for valid HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). However, some accessibility recommendations by the A11Y Project cause warnings, so we decided to go with better accessibility, than better validation of code. This website passes many of the guidelines at level A, AA and AAA from the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, that was checked using the WAVE Web Accessibility Tool.
There are minor issues to do with lacking color contrast that stopped this website from achieving level AAA (the highest available). This website has also been tested using the ChromeVox screenreader software, and the VoiceOver accessibility option on a Mac.
Other accessibility features of this website include:
- Logical and consistent coding and sectioning for webpage code and design.
- Logical and consistent navigation for keyboard users.
- A skip-nav (skip navigation bar) link for screenreader and keyboard users.
- Conformed to the A11Y Project checklist (in May 2019).
- Relevant and descriptive alt tags for images.
PDFs
Due to certain constraints, PDFs have not been fully optimised for accessibility.
Desktop browser compatibility
This website has been cross-platform and cross-browser tested on Windows and Mac operating systems, and currently works fine in the following website browsers:
- Firefox, version 65.
- Chrome, version 72.
- Safari, version 12.
Please note: you may experience issues with older versions of these website browsers. Best advice is to use the most up-to-date internet browser (Firefox or Chrome) for Windows or Mac.
Mobile browser compatibility
This website has been tested on a range of mobile phones and currently works fine using the setups below:
- iPhone 8, iOS version 12, Safari 12.
- iPhone 7, iOS version 12, Safari 12.
- Samsung Galaxy J3, Android version 8, Chrome 74.
Please note: you may experience issues with older versions of mobile website browsers. Best advice is to use the most up-to-date internet browser (Firefox or Chrome) for your mobile device.
Accessibility statement date
May 2019 by our website design company User Design, Illustration and Typesetting who offer a range of services like book design UK, accessible website design UK, book cover design UK to information design UK.