A few weeks ago, I chatted to James Jeffrey for a BBC article on Why much of the internet is closed off to blind people. In particular, I spoke to how easy it can be to make a website accessible, and why it should be part of our everyday practice as designers and developers.

���It’s not hard to do, it should just be part of best practice, not an additional line item, just like making sure a website loads quickly is,��� says Laura Kalbag, a website designer and author of Accessibility for Everyone.

���It basically just involves HTML coding, which even a blogger can do. If it is a huge website, it might take some time, but the work itself is not complicated.���

She adds it is a myth that making a website accessible makes it ugly, there is no correlation - you can still have snazzy images and graphics.

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���We treat disabled people as if they are different but that isn’t the case, as digital accessibility affects all of us,��� says Ms Kalbag. ���If nothing else, you should see it in a selfish way, as one day you will probably need this type of accessibility.���

Read the full article on the BBC website.

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