Page Design and UX

Accessibility Fundamentals

Learn to include disabled, mobile, keyboard and screen-reader users and remove common access barriers in this beginner-friendly website development lesson.

Learning outcomes

  • Explain how to include disabled, mobile, keyboard and screen-reader users.
  • Complete the guided practice safely.
  • Check that you can remove common access barriers.

Before you begin

Work on a practice copy, keep filenames lowercase and hyphenated, and create a backup before changing a live website.

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Step-by-step instructions

  1. Open the relevant project page, file or WordPress screen and confirm you are working on a safe practice copy.
  2. Complete a keyboard and contrast review.
  3. Inspect the result using browser tools or WordPress Preview; do not publish yet.
  4. Check keyboard use, mobile layout, content accuracy, links, images and privacy where applicable.
  5. Confirm that you can remove common access barriers, then save a clearly named version or backup.
Ian's practical tip: Preview first, test at desktop and mobile sizes, and keep a recoverable copy before publishing.

Practical activity

Complete a keyboard and contrast review. The expected result is to remove common access barriers.

Completion checklist