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Accessibility

This was our first survey to study accessibility in such depth. What we found is that while respondents clearly care about accessibility, they struggle to implement it in practice as they lack technical, educational, and organizational support.

Accessibility Experience & Sentiment

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4.7%
13,164
2

13,191
3

13,156
4

13,108

Experience

  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.

Sentiment

  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.

User Disabilities

0%
13%
26%
40%
53%
66%
1

Low vision

8,351
2

Atypical color vision

6,671
3

Mobility impairments

3,504
4

Vestibular disorders

2,546
5

Hearing impairments

2,417
6

Learning disabilities

1,783
7

Other cognitive impairments

1,552
8

🚫 None

3,088
9

Other Answers

142
0%
13%
26%
40%
53%
66%
% of question respondents
What kind of user disabilities do you account for when making websites?

Other Accessibility Techniques

0%
17%
35%
52%
69%
86%
1

Descriptive alt text

11,219
2

Information Hierarchy

10,180
3

Form Control Labels

9,921
4

Meaningful Link Text

8,709
5

Sufficient Contrast

8,023
6

Intuitive keyboard navigation

7,396
7

Visible Focus Ring

7,337
8

Not Relying on Color Only

6,535
9

Not Relying on Pointer Only

6,201
10

<fieldset> and <legend>

6,052
0%
17%
35%
52%
69%
86%
% of question respondents
What other techniques are part of your regular accessibility strategy?

Screen Readers

0%
13%
26%
38%
51%
64%
3,172
1,501
1,026
7

Chrome DevTools

10

🚫 None

7,583
11

Other Answers

154
0%
13%
26%
38%
51%
64%
% of question respondents
Which screen readers do you use for accessibility testing?

Accessibility Tools

0%
10%
20%
31%
41%
51%
6,130
2,777
6

Browser Devtools

7

Firefox Accessibility Inspector

10

Contrast checkers

0%
10%
20%
31%
41%
51%
% of question respondents
What tools do you use for accessibility testing?

Accessibility Pain Points

0%
19%
38%
57%
76%
95%
1

Testing

2

Low priority

3

Lack of best practices

4

5

Lack of knowledge

6

Lack of documentation

7

Browser support

8

Too hard to implement

9

Lack of tools

10

Company issues

11

Other Answers

Answers matching “Other Answers” 1,776
0%
19%
38%
57%
76%
95%
% of question respondents
What are your biggest pain points around web accessibility?
Freeform

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