Simplified Web Accessibility Guide


How to use this guide?

This Guide explains the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 in simplified detail, with additional material included where relevant. Presenting content in a question and answer format, the Guide is designed as a diagnostic tool to assist Web developers in assessing the accessibility of Web sites. The glossary defines terms that are in bold italics.

Questions 1 through 14 correspond to Guidelines 1 through 14 of the WCAG 1.0; and solutions correspond to the WCAG checkpoints. Each solution indicates the WCAG priority, based on the impact on accessibility. Both the Treasury Board and the Province of B.C. require compliance with Priority 1 and Priority 2.

Appendix A summarizes the questions and solutions relevant to the federal and provincial standards.