Websites are made accessible to help individuals with permanent or temporary impairments access content more easily. For example, an eye injury may make it hard to see, or a broken arm may make it difficult to control a mouse. Individuals with impairments may be members of your community such as parents, pupils, staff and governors.
Assistive technologies like screen readers and braille displays can be used with your website to access content. However, you must ensure the content is in a format they can understand so they can relay information back to the user clearly.
Making your website accessible will help everyone visiting your site as your content will be easier to view and understand. Everyone will find clearly laid out pages, that use properly formatted headers, tables and images easier to navigate and understand.
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