Article 1/2026: Why things matter. a Example of accessible web page
by Sande
This article by it self is a demostration of accessible web page. So if you as an reader check this page and it's source, you can get mor familiar why accessibility matters.
Now at early 2026 By referring to WHO report, there was 16% of world population that needs accessible services. This means in digital world that creating services in a way that they meet the accessibility criteria this 16% can also access and use your's services.
So how to make pages accessible? And the answer is that by folowing WCAG guidelines and thinking how this is connected to accessibility technologies and to end users needs that have some disabilities? it's a good start to put things in correct order. So user access to information and when the information, and like in this case when the source is made in Perceivable, operable, Understandable, robus form the user can reach and manage with web pages.
Here in this article are some examples why accessibility matters. So take your quick look to these areas that I think can affect to users accessibility in many cases.
Accessible images
accessibility technologies can read the alt tag from image element. This alternative text should be in line with the mention of image.
accessible tables
it's important that table elements has tags for headings and correct reading order that is equal with intended reading order for visual persons. Is this intended to read in vertichorizontal way?
| Firstname | Lastname | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Jill | Smith | 50 |
| Eve | Jackson | 94 |
accessible forms
In forms the labels give information about the form field itseld. This helps users to verify where the information is been written by the user.
Accessible math
It's possible to create accessible mathematical syntax. For as example in MAC a user can read every math symbol in symbol level.
Accessible structural areas
It's important to split HTML dokument to sectional areas. This can be complished by adding starting and ending tags. For example it helps users to find out when banner area start or when main area start or ends. Also usually there is some footer at the end of web page. So why not to think that if there is no sign in document , so how you fiqure this out? By adding with semantic tags this same information to people who needs accessibility the whole page comes more structured.