Lesson 3Web accessibility for visually impaired users
- Notion 15 - What are visual impairments and who do they impact on the web?
- Notion 16 - Accessibility issues visually impaired users can experience
- Notion 17 - Design principles for ensuring content is accessible for visually impaired users
- Notion 18 - Some important considerations about using and designing for assistive tools for visually impaired users
- Notion 19 - Example of design that is inaccessible for visually impaired users
- Notion 20 - What makes these website accessible for visually impaired users?
- Notion 21 - Review of the main concepts
Notion 21
Review of the main concepts
Target skills
Exercise
Now it's your turn:
Fill in the gaps with the missing words from below:
Visual impairment is defined by the WHO as a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes issues that are not fixable by usual aids like glasses or similar, while the term _________ is used for people with complete or nearly complete vision loss. Globally, at least ___________ people have a near or distance vision impairment.
Vision impairment severely impacts quality of life among adult populations without adaptive training and equipment. Adults with vision impairment often have more difficulties __________ or higher level of _____________. Moreover, it can be cause of social isolation, difficulty walking and other daily life activities. Also the web used to be inaccessible for people with visual impairment until _____________ were implemented.
Common difficulties that affect all usually concern:
- finding immediately the most important information,
- understanding the information given,filling out online forms;
- manage passwords.
Moreover, what’s more stressful are the ____________, ___________ and the pop-ups that continuously appears, too much clutter.
Resources
Word list:
the advertisements
blindness
support system
2.2billion
finding a job
psychological disorders
the timing out
Correction
Visual impairment is defined by the WHO as a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes issues that are not fixable by usual aids like glasses or similar, while the term blindness is used for people with complete or nearly complete vision loss. Globally, at least 2.2billion people have a near or distance vision impairment.
Vision impairment severely impacts quality of life among adult populations without adaptive training and equipment. Adults with vision impairment often have more difficulties finding a job or higher level of psychological disorders. Moreover, it can be cause of social isolation, difficulty walking and other daily life activities. Also the web used to be inaccessible for people with visual impairment until support systems were implemented.
Common difficulties that affect all usually concern:
- finding immediately the most important information,
- understanding the information given,
- filling out online forms;
- manage passwords.
Moreover, what’s more stressful are the timing out, the advertisements and the pop-ups that continuously appears, too much clutter.