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=Questions on Usability and Accessibility =
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Web accessibility is the creation of content on the internet that is designed to be usable by people with disabilities. For example, a text reader provides a means of understanding content for blind people. The blind can now hear the content, since they cannot see it.
 * 1. How would you describe web accessibility?**

Everyone benefits from accessible websites. People with disabilities are the most obvious benefactors of accessible websites, since they would not be able to understand the content without it. With that being said, everyone can benefit from accessible websites, since they are more flexible. For example, the text reader could be used while an average person with no disabilities is multi-tasking. He or she can now clean their room while listening to a news article.
 * 2. Who do you think benefits from accessible websites and how?**

All websites should be made accessible if it is cheap to do so, or if it is useful to do so. All essential websites, such as government pages, should be understandable by all people. Corporate website should have an interest in making accessible websites, since people with disabilities represent roughly 1/5th of the population. Lastly, accessibility is generally easy to incorporate, so there should be no reason not to.
 * 3. Do you think your website/blog should be accessible? Should all Canadian websites?**

The biggest challenge of making an accessible website is when dealing with new types of content that have no prior work done on it. New forms of media require some work in order to be accessible. Often the creator does not have the time or the knowledge to create accessible content.
 * 4. What do you think is the biggest challenge of making a website accessible?**