Years ago my husband and I started a little import business and built our website from scratch. We spent hours planning the content and working on our site.
The topic of accessibility was an eye opener for me. I learned many things but mainly I learned how uninformed and ignorant I was about the range of disabilities people can live with and the technology available to assist people with disability.
I viewed a few websites using Website Accessibility eValuation Tool (WAVE) and they all listed similar errors. The website chose to report on showed the following errors:
- Document language missing
- 178 x Very low contrast items
- 30 x Missing alternative text
- 18 x Linked images missing alternative text
- 36 x Missing form label
- 4 x Empty form label
- 60 x Empty links
- 4 x Broken same page links
- 130 x Redundant links
From this review it’s evident that vision impaired people will find it difficult to see this website properly. I decided to email this organisation to share the findings with them as I think it would be fairly easy to fix at least the contrast issue as a start.
I also found the article on gender thought-provoking. I’m motivated to share the article provided to spread awareness.
Marietta's 23 New Digital Knowledge Things Journey 