twu_week11analysis

====**Glen's asking a series of questions to usability professionals in interviews - his abbreviated list is below. Answer the below questions briefly in consideration of the material on these two websites:**====

**1. How would you describe web accessibility?**
According to Shawn Lawton Henry in “Understanding Web Accessibility,” he defines web accessibility as individuals with disabilities that can use the Web. These people can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web (Henry). To elaborate, individuals that are visually impaired cannot see the computer monitor and use a screen reader that reads aloud the information on the web page.

**2. Who do you think benefits from accessible websites and how?**
According to Shawn Lawton Henry in “Understanding Web Accessibility,” he defines web accessibility as individuals with disabilities that can use the Web. These people can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web (Henry). To elaborate, individuals that are visually impaired cannot see the computer monitor and use a screen reader that reads aloud the information on the web page.

**3. Do you think your website/blog should be accessible? Should all Canadian websites?**
It would be nice if all Canadian web sites were accessible. This would ultimately provide an equal opportunity and equal access to users with disabilities. However, I do not believe my personal blog needs the accessibility requirement because it is private and personal. It may not be realistic to have every Canadian web site configured with web accessibility, but it would be beneficial for major government web sites, in addition to popular sites that are viewed and accessed frequently.

**4. What do you think is the biggest challenge of making a website accessible?**
I think the biggest challenges of making a web site accessible is catering to individuals with motor and sensory disabilities. Visual and hearing impairment users pose a great challenge for web accessibility as designers need to add captions for audio or implement a screen reader on the web site to provide for these users. It would be a good idea to implement web accessibility on YouTube so that people with disabilities will be able to view videos with captions or navigate on it using a screen reader.

**Works Cited:**
Henry, Shawn L. “Understanding Web Accessibility.” Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2006. < http://uiaccess.com/understanding.html#whatis>