Web Accessibility: International Standards for Local Users

The Web offers unprecedented opportunities for people with disabilities to participate equally in the information society. At the same time, there are many avoidable barriers that exclude people from using the Web for education, at the workplace, for civil participation, and other day-to-day activities. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. This presentation introduces the international W3C standards for Web accessibility and describes how your organization can benefit from implementing these standards to better reach your local audience.