Accessible website development
What is accessible website development?
Accessible development is building websites that people with disabilities can use effectively. This includes people who are blind or have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, have motor disabilities, or cognitive differences.
Around 16% of people worldwide have some form of disability. When websites aren’t built accessibly, these users often can’t complete basic tasks like reading content, filling out forms, or making purchases.
Accessible development means writing clean, semantic code, using proper heading structures, ensuring good color contrast, making sure everything works with a keyboard, and testing with actual screen readers.
How I approach development
I use Bricks Builder to develop sites with accessibility built in from the start, you can read more about why I choose Bricks builder here. All accessible websites I build include the following:
Technical structure
- Proper heading hierarchy (H1, H2, H3 structure)
- Semantic HTML structure
- Meta descriptions and title tags
Accessibility testing
- Color contrast checking to meet WCAG AA standards
- Screen reader and keyboard navigation testing
- WAVE accessibility evaluation
Content optimisation
- Skip links (Provided straight out of the box with Bricks Builder)
- Alt text for images (for screen readers and SEO)
- ARIA labels where needed
Why it matters
