Disabilities

We are all likely to develop disabilities at some point in our lives. Disabilities that can be addressed with thoughtful Web design cover a wide range:

• Blindness
• Low vision (low acuity, tunnel vision, central field loss, clouded vision)
• Color blindness
• Deafness
• Motor disabilities
• Dyslexia, discalculia
• Memory impairments
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Injuries such as broken hand, repetitive stress disorder

Roughly ten percent of the general population have disabilities that can be helped with adaptive technologies.

Please carefully read the following two sites to better understand how good Web design can help people dealing with disabilities.

• Introduction to Web Accessibility - WebAIM
• How People with Disabilities Use the Web