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What is Digital Accessibility?



Every user deserves a first-rate digital experience on the web. Someone with a disability must be able to experience web-based services, content and other digital products with the same successful outcome as those without disabilities. This awareness and commitment to inclusion is the goal of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a global event that shines a light on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities.

State of accessibility


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In 2020, WebAIM analyzed one million websites for accessibility issues and found out that

  • 98.1% of homepages have at least on WCAG 2.0 Failure
  • 60.9 is the average number of errors per homepage

Causes of most common accessibility failures (% of websites)

  • 86,3%: Low contrast text
  • 66%: Missing image alt text
  • 59,9%: Empty links
  • 53,8%: Missing form input labels
  • 28,7%: Empty buttons
  • 28%: Missing document language

Check out this list of four great looking and accessible websites:


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  1. Chase Bank
  2. Funka
  3. Jiffy Lube
  4. The White House

Form example


Nyan cat (a cat with a toast as body and with a rainbow trail) in real life




Input examples


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