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Here’s the only detailed guide to the main tools for creating a competent accessible design! Both newbies and professionals will find something new here. Let’s go!

What Is Accessible Design?

Accessibility in web design, as we define it, makes possible complete product usage by users of all abilities. It ensures a high-quality user experience and affects all the metrics from user satisfaction to conversion rate. In one of our latest interviews, senior designers name accessibility one of the key characteristics of great design.

Around 15% of people worldwide live with various disabilities, and they would like to use the Internet and apps as others. That’s why every designer should think about making UX accessible:

• You may also make someone’s life easier and better.
• You widen your target audience as well.
• You improve the quality of the UX for literally every user.
  

Now let’s find out what accessibility standards there are and how you can test your product for accessibility.

Accessibility Standards

3 standards pursuing the same goal: to make technology accessible to people with various types of disabilities.

1. Section 508 is a US law that requires all technology developed or used by the government to be accessible for everyone.

2. ADA (The Americans with Disabilities Act) is another law that prohibits any discrimination against people with disabilities and ensures equal opportunities for such people. 

3. WCAG (The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) is a series of rules for making websites accessible by all people using any type of device. Its latest version has become an ISO standard.

As you can see, these standards cover all industries (governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations) to make their products and services accessible.