Accessibility Awareness Briefing
Getting the business benefits
If a business provides goods, facilities and services to the general public and has not taken steps to make sure its website is accessible, it may be discriminating against people with a disability under the terms of Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
Apart from the legal obligations, it makes good business sense to ensure websites are accessible to people with disabilities. The Equality and Human Rights (formerly Disability Rights) Commission says that one in seven people in the UK has some form of disability. According to the RNIB over 2 million people in the UK have a significant sight problem and ten percent of men have some form of colour blindness, affecting their ability to use websites effectively. Many people experience some loss of sight and manual dexterity as they get older, and in the UK the number of affluent older people is increasing fast. Together these groups could represent a lot of lost business opportunities.
This half-day course will provide an introduction to the area of web accessibility, the responsibilities businesses have, the types of challenges disabled people face when using the web and the measures that need to be taken to effectively support this diverse group.
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at:
- Those who make decisions about their organisation’s website
- Anyone who wants to learn more about website accessibility
What skills and information will they learn?
On successful completion of this course, participants will have an understanding of:
- Their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act
- The various disability groups and how their disability can affect their use of websites
- How to find out how accessible a website is
- An overview of what their organisation can do to improve accessibility
- How to sell the business benefits of website accessibility within their organisation
Course content
This course can be customised to meet the overall needs of your business, and those of specific project teams. A course handout is provided.
The content of a typical course includes:
- Disability Discrimination Act and legal obligations
- Overview of disabilities and assistive technologies
- Overview of standards and guidelines
- How to incorporate accessibility into an organisation
- Benefits of accessible websites
Course information and how to book
This half day (4 hour) course is offered either in-house or at our central London premises and can be customised to include design processes, procedures and examples from your own business. The maximum number of participants per course is 20 and prices start from £59 + VAT per head. Customisation starts at £900 per course.
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What did previous participants think?
“I was very impressed with the course. I thought it was well put together, extremely relevant and excellently executed.”
“The course brought my attention not only to the difficulties disabled users have but also how sites can be improved to make them easier to use for able bodied people as well.”
“The course provided a very valuable insight into website accessibility.”
“Very well done. Good examples used to illustrate issues. Very strong understanding of the issues.”
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