{"id":20218,"date":"2024-06-08T23:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T03:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?page_id=20218"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:06:33","slug":"importance-of-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/importance-of-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Importance of Accessibility\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\">Visit our Web Accessibility website<\/a> for more detailed resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University continually strives to make all its spaces &#8211; digital as well as physical &#8211; as accessible as possible. Accessibility is an issue of social justice and we are working hard to improve this with input from our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides it being an issue of equity, there are other reasons to improve our standards with accessibility. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">recruitment<\/strong>: universities with websites that are accessible attract more students, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">representation<\/strong>: 27% of Canadians identify as having a disability, while many others have limitations they don\u2019t associate with a disability but which would be impacted by poor accessibility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">usability<\/strong>: all features that make a web page accessible make it easier to use for everybody<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">findability<\/strong>: plus those same feature improve its search engine optimization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A properly nested hierarchy of sub-headings within the page, and clear, succinct paragraphs of text mean a page will perform better in search engine results, be easier to navigate for users with screen readers, and flags visual cues to those not using screen readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those without disabilities can benefit from accessible design in different situations. For instance, we can employ captions when watching a video when in noisy or quiet spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, when we improve the accessibility Carleton\u2019s websites, we improve those sites for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit our Web Accessibility website for more detailed resources. Carleton University continually strives to make all its spaces &#8211; digital as well as physical &#8211; as accessible as possible. Accessibility is an issue of social justice and we are working hard to improve this with input from our community. 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