Site Map

For the blind user, accessing visually presented information (images, graphs, videos, charts) is done with software referred to as "assistive technology"

Getting oriented to a web page's structure

Orientation to the contents of a site using frames

Problems with columnar text

Hyperlink descriptions

Scripts, Applets, and Plug-ins

Tables

For the low vision user, distinguish between foreground text and background color or patterns

Recognizing information communicated only by color cues

Getting an overview of a site's content

Accessing information by the hearing impaired requires that audio components of a web page be augmented with text scripts or closed captioning

Learning Disabilities/Cognitively Impaired; Reading the web page text

Physical Disabilities require accessing web pages with keyboard commands

Technological Diversity