{"id":86867,"date":"2023-05-03T01:15:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T05:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=86867"},"modified":"2023-05-02T20:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:04:33","slug":"accessibility-dos-and-donts-for-website-navigation-boia-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/05\/03\/accessibility-dos-and-donts-for-website-navigation-boia-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts for Website Navigation [boia.org]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boia.org\/blog\/accessibility-dos-and-donts-for-website-navigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Accessibility Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts for Website Navigation<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from boia.org<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">If people can\u2019t navigate your website, they can\u2019t use it \u2014 and you miss an opportunity to connect with your audience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Navigation controls can present a significant barrier to people with disabilities, making it difficult for them to find and interact with the content they need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The\u00a0Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)\u00a0includes a list of success criteria to ensure that navigation controls are operable (they don\u2019t require interactions that a user can\u2019t perform). These criteria are put in place to assist users with a wide variety of abilities, including individuals who use assistive technologies (AT).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">If you\u2019re new to web accessibility, WCAG\u2019s requirements may seem overwhelming. Fortunately, they\u2019re based on simple principles \u2014 and by understanding a few basic concepts, you can avoid common mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boia.org\/blog\/assistive-technology-whats-an-alternative-input-device\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Assistive Technology: What\u2019s an \u201cAlternative Input Device?\u201d<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from boia.org<\/p>\n<p><em>Examples:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eye-Tracking Systems<\/li>\n<li>Sip-and-Puff Systems<\/li>\n<li>Head Mouse<\/li>\n<li>Modified Keyboards<\/li>\n<li>Joysticks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts for Website Navigation &#8212; from boia.org Excerpt: If people can\u2019t navigate your website, they can\u2019t use it \u2014 and you miss an opportunity to connect with your audience. Navigation controls can present a significant barrier to people with disabilities, making it difficult for them to find and interact with the content [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,190,851,387,112,200,64,118,321,214,156,367,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility-udl","category-assistive-technologies","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-business","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-it-in-he","category-training-corporate-universities","category-united-states","category-universities","category-usability","category-vendors","category-web-based-collaboration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86867"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86881,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86867\/revisions\/86881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}