Accessibility

The importance of web accessibility is often overlooked by developers. However, as web development evolves it is becoming less acceptable to produce web content that isn't available to all users with diverse abilities. In fact, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes access to information and communications technologies, including the Web, as a basic human right.

Meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) isn't difficult, it just means that all code needs to be written clearly and correctly and that users are given full control over how they view web content.

Additionally, because sticking to these guidelines ensures that a web application is content-rich and HTML is written correctly, there are less cross-browser issues and search results are much better as pages are ranked higher by search engines.

With this in mind, PSE aim to produce web content that meets WCAG Level AA or higher whenever possible, so you can rest assured that your application is reaching the widest possible audience.

For further explanation of web accessibilty please visit www.w3.org