Web accessibility as about making your website accessible to both disabled and non-disabled users.

Many users may be operating in contexts very different from your own*:

• They may not be able to see, hear, move, or may not be able to process some types of information easily or at all.
• They may have difficulty reading or comprehending text.
• They may not have or be able to use a keyboard or mouse.
• They may have a text-only screen, a small screen, or a slow Internet connection.
• They may not speak or understand fluently the language in which the document is written.
• They may be in a situation where their eyes, ears, or hands are busy or interfered with (e.g., driving to work, working in a loud environment, etc.).
• They may have an early version of a browser, a different browser entirely, a voice browser, or a different operating system

The following steps are recommended when an organisation commits itself to having an accessible website:

• Evaluate current website accessibility (if applicable)
• Decide if your website must be A, AA or AAA compliant. This is the standards which dictates what priorities must be met to grade the website as A, AA or AAA compliant.
• Assist organisation to implement the guidelines through specific techniques.
• Supply organisation with maintenance plan to ensure accessibility standard will continuously be met.

Here are a few basic ways to make your site more accessible.

• Always use meaningful text for you links. Read more or Click here does not mean. anything to visually impaired users that make use of screen readers.
• Colour contrasts are important to colour blind users. Always gray-scale visual designs to make sure that colour cues (e.g. links, asterisk*) will be visible to all.
• Always add an image title or alternative text to an image that hold meaningful information. This title / alt text can be omitted if the image is decorative.
• Use stylesheets to control text sizes and fonts. Make sure that they are scalable.
• Content should be written in an easy understandable natural language.
• Provide clear navigation mechanisms.

 *Information provided by W3, based on WCAG