How To Run A Web Accessibility Test
An Accessibility Testing checklist and list of tools to help with web accessibility
This article was originally published on the QA Lead blog.
According to WHO, more than one billion people worldwide live with some kind of disability. That means about 15% of the entire population!
With that in mind, it’s evident that we need to make sure that our web applications don’t exclude anyone from using them, and that means that we should focus the design and testing efforts on accessibility, too.
Perhaps when you think of disability, you have a specific image in mind, but it actually can come in multiple shapes and can also be:
- Permanent (such as visual impairment)
- Temporary (such as an ear infection)
- Situational (such as a parent holding a baby)
These disabilities can limit how people interact with applications’ features. Web accessibility testing comes into play by checking whether the app is accessible for these different types of disabilities.
What Is Web Accessibility Testing?
Accessibility, sometimes called a11y, is the practice of creating tools, websites, and web content that…
