Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Web content accessibility guidelines are rules that help make sure that everyone can understand and use websites. When we say everyone, we mean people with disabilities like vision or hearing impairments, motor disabilities or cognitive impairments that may affect how they access, understand or use websites.
To make these rules easier to understand, we can think of them like the rules we follow to make sure everyone can play together on the playground. Just like we don't want anyone to feel left out on the playground, we don't want anyone to feel left out on the web.
Web content accessibility guidelines are made up of different levels (kind of like levels in a video game), and each level has different rules. The levels are named after the letters A, AA, and AAA. The A level has the most basic rules, and the AAA level has the most advanced rules.
For example, some of the basic rules at the A level include making sure all images have alternative text in case a person can't see them and making sure the text is easy to read by using high contrast colors.
At the AA level, there are more advanced rules like making sure the website can be navigated and used with just the keyboard, and making sure any video content has captions or transcripts for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Finally, at the AAA level, there are even more advanced rules like making sure the website can be used without a mouse (using only the keyboard), and making sure the website is designed in a way that is easy to understand for people with cognitive impairments.
Following these web content accessibility guidelines helps make sure that everyone can access and use websites, just like following the playground rules helps make sure that everyone can play together.
To make these rules easier to understand, we can think of them like the rules we follow to make sure everyone can play together on the playground. Just like we don't want anyone to feel left out on the playground, we don't want anyone to feel left out on the web.
Web content accessibility guidelines are made up of different levels (kind of like levels in a video game), and each level has different rules. The levels are named after the letters A, AA, and AAA. The A level has the most basic rules, and the AAA level has the most advanced rules.
For example, some of the basic rules at the A level include making sure all images have alternative text in case a person can't see them and making sure the text is easy to read by using high contrast colors.
At the AA level, there are more advanced rules like making sure the website can be navigated and used with just the keyboard, and making sure any video content has captions or transcripts for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Finally, at the AAA level, there are even more advanced rules like making sure the website can be used without a mouse (using only the keyboard), and making sure the website is designed in a way that is easy to understand for people with cognitive impairments.
Following these web content accessibility guidelines helps make sure that everyone can access and use websites, just like following the playground rules helps make sure that everyone can play together.