<aside> 📌 Making web accessible is making change in people's lives.

As a production team, we recommend website owners to think about web accessibility as early as possible, since rebuilding the website for web accessibility features may be technically challenging. We also suggest you check if your website meets the international and local requirements for web accessibility. We share the following links to help you learn about web accessibility more and apply this knowledge to you particular goals.

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General info about WA

1. Legal implications of WA: https://www.openable.it/en/legal-requirements/. We suggest you to research the country within which you operate your business.
2. You can audit your site with: Google Page Speed и LightHouse. Audit results may be used to optimise SEO.
3. Check out how your website is seen by users with disabilities: https://www.funkify.org/.
4. Checklist for interactive elements: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/.
5. How SEO is connected to web accessibility: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-accessibility/379582/.

Useful checklist based on the international WA requirements

Basic requirements:

• [ ] All images should have Alt-tags. More about Alt-tags: https://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-answers/what-is-an-alt-tag-and-how-does-it-impact-seo/
• [ ] Buttons should be distinguishable (big and contrast enough)
• [ ] Clickable objects (links, buttons, clickable images) should be easy to click or tab
• [ ] Users should easily navigate with the use of TAB button
• [ ] All videos should have captions
• [ ] Form inputs should be highlighted when active
• [ ] Website’s contrasts should follow contrast requirements: https://accessibility.digital.gov/visual-design/color-and-contrast/