Accessibility Basics

Accessibility focuses on how an individual with a disability accesses or benefits from a site, system, or application. Achieving full participation and integration of individuals with disabilities requires the cooperative efforts of all departments, their faculty and staff, and AAS at WCSU. As a WCSU faculty and/or staff member, you play a vital role in promoting access for individuals with disabilities. By implementing accessibility best practices, you are improving the usability for all users. Start here for an overview of understanding accessibility and how you can help us in our efforts to promote inclusion.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have been developed through the W3C process in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of proving a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally. WCAG 2.0 is a stable, referenceable technical standard. It has 12 guidelines that are organized under 4 principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. For each guideline, there are testable success criteria, which are at three levels: A, AA, and AAA.

References:

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
• W3C Standards