{"id":6832,"date":"2022-11-10T15:46:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/are-you-using-an-accessibility-overlay-to-help-disabled-users-dont\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T15:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:46:40","slug":"are-you-using-an-accessibility-overlay-to-help-disabled-users-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/are-you-using-an-accessibility-overlay-to-help-disabled-users-dont\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don\u2019t!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is estimated that around 61 million Americans live with a disability<\/a>. This represents about 18% of the total population of the United States as of the 2022 Census. Viewed another way, that 61 million figure would represent the entire population of the countries of South Africa or Italy.<\/p>\n

This number is usually broken down into four distinct groups, with most groups sharing overlapping disabilities:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Visual Impairments (around 12 million).Hearing Impairments (around 48 million).Intellectual Impairments (around 6.5 million).Physical Impairments (around 39 million).<\/p>\n

Inclusivity for users with disabilities should always be of paramount concern. To that end, guidelines on what is expected for websites and online content were developed by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)<\/a> under the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3).<\/p>\n

These guidelines cover technical and content best practices to provide meaningful online experiences for all users, including the disabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s these guidelines, the Americans with Disability Act and Section 508<\/a>, the Accessible Canada Act<\/a> or any other local or state accessibility law, the goal is to be in<\/strong> compliance<\/strong> with these guidelines or risk possible legal consequences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, in many cases, ADA remediation can be expensive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are many things<\/a> you can do<\/a> to make your site accessible<\/a> but in the end, no site can be 100% accessible<\/strong> (and thus 100% free of possible legal action) unless it\u2019s \u201cdesigned\u201d from the top-to-bottom that way.<\/p>\n

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