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## Accessibility
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<strong>Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web</strong>.
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More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web.
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More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with a wide range of disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web.
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Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities. The article [How People with Disabilities Use the Web](http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web/Overview.html) describes how different disabilities affect Web use and includes scenarios of people with disabilities using the Web.
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Web accessibility also **benefits** people *without* disabilities. For example, a key principle of Web accessibility is designing Web sites and software that are flexible to meet different user needs, preferences, and situations. This **flexibility** also benefits people *without* disabilities in certain situations, such as people using a slow Internet connection, people with "temporary disabilities" such as a broken arm, and older people with changing abilities due to aging. The article [Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization](https://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/Overview) describes many
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different benefits of Web accessibility, including **benefits for organizations**.
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Web accessibility also **benefits** people *without* disabilities. For example, a key principle of Web accessibility is designing Web sites and software that are flexible to meet different user needs, preferences, and situations. This **flexibility** also benefits people *without* disabilities in certain situations, such as people using a slow Internet connection, people with "temporary disabilities" such as a broken arm, and older people with changing abilities due to aging. The article [Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization](https://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/Overview) describes many different benefits of Web accessibility, including **benefits for organizations**.
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Web accessibility should also include the people who don't have access to the internet or to computers and also the countries with slow Internet.
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