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Diverse Abilities and Barriers: Accessing Information on Websites

Case studies by Web Accessibility Initiative

Topics

  • Accessible consultation
  • Intersectional outreach
  • Disability knowledge

Phases of consultation

  • Design
  • Engage
  • Deepen understanding

Sectors

  • Government of Canada
  • Federally Regulated private sector

Areas of impact

  • Employment
  • Built environment
  • Communications
  • Information technology
  • Procurement
  • Policy and programs
  • Service delivery

Added on January 29, 2025

Summary

As federally regulated organizations prepare their accessibility plans, another consideration is that the plan itself is accessible.

Web Accessibility Initiative WAI has a website that provides information on a variety of disabilities. The site also details the sorts of barriers that people with these disabilities encounter when they are using websites. For each disability type, there are also stories about people’s experiences using websites. The following disabilities are discussed:

  • Auditory

  • Cognitive, learning, and neurological

  • Physical

  • Speech

  • Visual

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Resources for Federally Regulated Organizations

Collection

This collection contains various resources that can help Federally Regulated Organizations in the various process of preparing and implementing a consultation on accessibility and inclusion.