Abstract
An accessible website enables the access to information and interaction for many people with disabilities so these people can contribute more effectively in the society. Today, most governments are enforcing their websites to follow the www consortium (w3c)’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). This paper investigates the WCAG 2.0 success criterions that make a website accessible and explores the most violated WCAG 2.0 success criterions by the developers of e-Government websites.
Highlights
The Web and Internet are an increasingly essential resource in many aspects of human digital life which includes: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more
Web accessibility focuses on people with all types of disabilities - visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities - including older people with age-related impairments (Kurt, 2017)
Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web (Lawton, 2014)
Summary
The Web and Internet are an increasingly essential resource in many aspects of human digital life which includes: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. Web accessibility focuses on people with all types of disabilities - visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities - including older people with age-related impairments (Kurt, 2017). Web accessibility means that people with disabilities (i.e. including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities) can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web (Lawton, 2014). The main self-regulatory body in relation to access to the Internet is the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C created various working groups to develop web standards, guidelines, and supporting materials within the realm of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in (W3C, 2018). In 1999, the W3C established the first accessibility standard for the Web, WCAG 1.0.
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