What is website accessibility? (easy read)
Accessibility is very important to us at SeeAbility, but not everyone may understand what accessibility means. We’ve created an Easy Read guide to help explain it.
![Website](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Website.png?itok=YIrzEvBK)
This guide is about website accessibility.
![Group of people](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Picture1.png?itok=r7EFffhV)
Accessibility is about making everything easier for people with disabilities to use.
![Laptop, tablet and phone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/iPad.png?itok=hdx9rPxQ)
You can use websites on your computer, tablet or phone.
![A person doing a thumbs up](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Thumbs%20up2%20%281%29.png?itok=gdUSdeWf)
If you have a disability, you should be able to use the same websites as everyone else.
![Person doing a thumbs down](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Thumbs%20down.png?itok=jsCU0nv8)
Some websites are not accessible.
![A person with a disability struggling to use a website](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Desk%20work%202.png?itok=BBNWWs4W)
This means people with a disability may not be able to use the website.
![Lots of colours](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Colours.png?itok=32H95BPU)
The website may have bad colour contrast.
![A person looking closely at the colour yellow](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Look%20close2.png?itok=8KLmtULA)
This means the colours on the website are not clear enough.
![A person looking](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Inspect.png?itok=4bEzOgZ4)
People who have problems with their eyes may not be able to see the colours.
![A person using a computer](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Computer%203.png?itok=w1IjS_W2)
Some websites can’t be used with screen readers.
![Blind icon](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/blind.png?itok=JU4Kbd_O)
People with sight problems use screen readers to read websites.
![A picture](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Painting%20framed.png?itok=48AeoBnj)
Some websites do not have descriptions on images.
![A confused person using a computer](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/William%2013.png?itok=KB5QxAPv)
This means people using screen readers do not know what the images are.
![Document](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/header.png?itok=1zg-tzaZ)
If companies don’t make documents accessible they can be hard to use.
![A person trying to read a computer](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Look%20close1%20%281%29.png?itok=CSwDiG1U)
People using screen readers may not be able to read them at all.
![A confused person](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Confused5.png?itok=GZ9X793_)
Websites shouldn’t use confusing words or phrases so everyone can understand.
![A checklist](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Checklist%20write.png?itok=-hfG6od3)
There are lots of other things people need to do to make websites accessible.
![A police man](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Law.png?itok=_dlrdgDL)
It is the law for websites to be accessible.
![Complaints policy](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Complaints%20policy.png?itok=2ohJNVrx)
If you have trouble using a website, you can complain.
![Phone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Phone%20Number%20Home.png?itok=8nLs2cyy)
The website should have a contact page with their details in.
![A person complaining](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Complain.png?itok=p4gxunwk)
You can contact the company and ask them to give you the information in an accessible way.
![A person's rights](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Rights%20man.png?itok=kaRdxnqT)
It is your right to access websites in the same way as everyone else.
![Email](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-05/Email.png?itok=LgBjH-6I)
You can email us at media@seeability.org if you want us to help you talk to the company.