When thinking
about web accessibility specific it is always good to acquire a broader
understanding of the accessibility in general.
In Oxford
Dictionary the noun "accessibility" has following meanings:
1.1) The
quality of being easy to obtain or use.
1.2) The
quality of being easily understood or appreciated.
1.3) The
quality of being easily reached, entered, or used by people who have a
disability.
What many do
not understand is, that accessibility should not be an option, but necessity.
In Universal Declaration of Human Rights is written that all human beings are
born equal in rights. However a right to access something is often neglected.
People with
disabilities, regardless of the severity of dissability, should be viewed as an
equal part of the society. Everyone deserves to be as independent as possible.
Especially those who are taking part in design of any kinds should always keep
that fact in mind. With making any kinds of products, buildings, services, etc.
accessible, people with dissabilities are offered this independence.
Nowadays it is
quite clear and commonly understood worldwide, that buildings need to be accessible for
people on wheelchairs. Almost every bigger store has a parking specially
reserved for the disabled. Other groups of people with disabilities are still
being considerably neglected.
Did you ever
wonder how a bling person can use an ATM machine to withdraw money, how a blind
person can use an elevator or how it is possible to order a ticket at a ticket
machine? Those are just some of the daily struggles that people without
dissabilities can not even imagine. There are slowly more and more products in
the public space which are designed in a way that also a blind users can
operate them, but they should become self-evident in the near future. Below are
some good practice examples.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Elevator_panel_with_Braille.jpg)
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