Accessibility

Creo help make the Internet accessible to people with all ranges of disabilities, including visual impairment and hearing difficulties.

There are over 10 million people with disabilities in the UK (source - Disability Rights Commission). An accessible website from Creo will not only help you reach these users, but will also ensure it adheres to website legal obligations.

We think it makes sense to have an accessible website. This means that internet users who have visual or motor impairments can also experience the pleasures and benefits of the worldwide web.

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) makes it illegal for companies to provide an inferior service to, or discriminate against, a disabled person. This legislation extends to websites.

In March 2003 the Disability Rights Commission announced its decision to test 1000 websites for accessibility. There was no intent to name and shame or indeed take legal action. It was an exercise to ascertain the level of accessibility awareness and implementation in websites across the UK.

The results, published in April 2004, were astonishing. Only 0.2% of the sites tested achieved anything like the level of accessibility deemed acceptable. More alarmingly, 81% of the tested sites failed to reach the most basic accessibility guidelines.

So now would be a good time to get your website checked out.

We can carry out a Website Accessibility Audit on your existing site - enabling you to plan your path to compliance with the DDA.