Digital infrastructure accessibility and content accessibility are not the same things. Infrastructure covers things like elements that show up on every page and anything related to navigation. Content is anything that can be updated and uploaded. So that’s text, documents, articles, photos and videos. We all need to stay vigilant on web accessibility.
A key point in an informative article from Sheri Byrne-Haber is:
Every single time the content is updated, content accessibility should be reassessed.
This is particularly relevant if staff or third parties are free to upload content onto a site, or are providing content. The other key point is:
Accessibility is never one-off and done.
Byrne-Haber uses a case study to show how organisations can be left vulnerable to lawsuits if they don’t check regularly for accessibility. Webpages can be accessible today, but next week they might not be because new content has not been assessed for accessibility.
The title of the article is, What’s more expensive than getting sued over inaccessibility?.