{"id":45645,"date":"2025-07-21T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhblog.dream.press\/blog\/?p=45645"},"modified":"2025-07-21T02:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:09:02","slug":"great-web-accessibility-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-dev.dreamhost.com\/blog\/great-web-accessibility-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Website Accessibility Examples Small Businesses Can Copy Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever walked into a brick-and-mortar store, only to discover the front door is six inches wide and the light switch lives on the ceiling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, probably not. But you get the idea. That would be impossible to navigate, which is how your website feels to customers who rely on screen readers, keyboard navigation, or high-contrast modes when basic accessibility is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the World Health Organization<\/a>, around 1.3 billion people in the world experience a significant disability. That means you could be shutting out one in six potential customers if you don’t make your site a welcoming place for everyone<\/em> to browse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web accessibility isn’t a pricey “nice-to-have,” it\u2019s just good UX \u2014and by investing a little time in it, you get back good SEO (and good karma). Most of the fixes you need are tweak-sized, not redesign-sized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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User Experience (UX)<\/h3>\n

User Experience (UX) refers to how online visitors interact with a website. Users often evaluate their virtual experience based on a site\u2019s usability and design, as well as their general impression of its content.<\/p>\n \n Read More <\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Below, we have checklists, examples, and free tools you can use to make sure you’re nailing web accessibility. We all have a responsibility to keep the web a free and open place for everyone, so let’s dive in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Accessibility Is Good Business (Not Just Good Manners)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rates of disability are increasing as life spans increase, causing chronic health conditions to rise. People with disabilities deserve to be able to access the same information as those without, which is why it\u2019s so important for all of us to work together to make digital content accessible and work to remove barriers to accessibility online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a website owner, it\u2019s important to make sure you\u2019re not excluding people with disabilities \u2014 even inadvertently. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits businesses and organizations from discriminating based on disability, so if your website isn\u2019t accessible to everyone, it could <\/em>land you in legal hot water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But legal compliance isn\u2019t the only reason accessibility should be a top priority when you design your site<\/a>. Here are some others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n