Web Accessibility Intensification For Differently-Abled People- A Review

Review Article
Shiv Kumar Goel and VenkateshVaasudhevan
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0905.2180
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
WebAID, Web accessibility, differently-abled, disabilities, web development, inclusion, WCAG, WAI, ARIA.
Abstract: 

WebAID - Web Accessibility Intensification for Differently-abled people, a review paper by the authors for the need of special people to access web. With the fact sheets of the World Health Organization's Disability and health states that "Over a billion people, about 15% of the world's population, have some form of disability", and "the adults between 110 million and 190 million have significant difficulties in functioning.". The web technology needs to be intensified to accommodate the needs of these people but usually this is not the case. Access to the web is increasingly critical for health related information, access to government beneficial and services, interaction and connectivity with friends and family, and broad commercial and social services that directly affect health[2]. Yet elderly and the young generation with disabilities, are at risk of being left behind due to disability-based digital divide. Although today, various tools and techniques are available to help these people. The authors review the technological architecture available and propose the system which will be helpful for the differently abled people to access web with ease