From d0982a951e88c27f1c675caae84b0ff118466a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rajiv Ranjan Singh Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 02:41:57 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update index.md (#36079) --- mock-guide/english/accessibility/index.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/mock-guide/english/accessibility/index.md b/mock-guide/english/accessibility/index.md index 0c2151a912..a4216c6c3c 100644 --- a/mock-guide/english/accessibility/index.md +++ b/mock-guide/english/accessibility/index.md @@ -4,25 +4,25 @@ title: Accessibility ## Accessibility Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. -More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can +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. Web accessibility also benefits others, including [older people](https://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/soc.html#of) with changing abilities due to aging. -Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological +Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities. The document [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. -Web accessibility also **benefits** people *without* disabilities. For example, a key principle of Web accessibility is designing Web sites and software +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 people with changing abilities due to aging. The document [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**. -Web accessibility should also include the people who don't have access to the internet or to computers. +Web accessibility should also include people who don't have access to the internet or to computers. A prominent guideline for web development was introduced by the [World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/), the [Web Accessibility Initiative](https://www.w3.org/WAI/) from which we get the [WAI-ARIA](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/WAI-ARIA_basics), the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite. -Where WAI tackles the semantics of html to more easily nagivate the DOM Tree, ARIA attempts to make web apps, especially those developed with javascript and +Where WAI tackles the semantics of html to more easily navigate the DOM Tree, ARIA attempts to make web apps, especially those developed with javascript and AJAX, more accessible. The use of images and graphics on websites can decrease accessibility for those with visual impairments. However, this doesn't mean designers should avoid