Writing for All People

Our goal should always be to make our content as accessible and inclusive to all readers as possible. According to W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, web accessibility is the websites, tools, and technologies designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. Specifically, so people can:

• perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web
• contribute to the web

Writing for accessibility is more than writing with correct spelling and grammar. It also means organizing content in a way that's scannable and readable. 

It means your content is understandable for people across cultures and countries. It also uses metadata to help users understand the content, no matter how they choose to browse it. 

As you write, ask yourself these questions:

• Would someone be able to easily translate it to their preferred language?
• If someone was using a screen reader to narrate what’s on the screen, would the order and cadence make sense?
• Can someone on a small device, such as a smartphone, quickly and easily scan the page to understand it at a high level?