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The Royal National Institute for the Blind

The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) are at the forefront of promoting accessible website design, and Accessibility101 acknowledge the achievements of the organisation.

The RNIB says that people with disabilities may use a variety of access technologies in order to read your web pages. The problem is that these technologies will only work if websites support them. The way that websites are designed and built may be closing some of the doors that they should be opening.

Responsible business practice

The RNIB has stated that In today's environment corporate and social responsibility have increasingly become fundamental in building trust and reputation with the people you do business with. However, experience of closed doors on your websites can have a negative influence on the way people perceive even the most reliable companies and the strongest brands.

The RNIB says that if information is worth publishing on the web, it is worth ensuring that everyone can access it.

The RNIB says that, fundamentally, the tools and the technology of the web all support accessibility; it is therefore the responsibility of managers, designers and ultimately the page author, to apply the techniques that allow web pages to be accessed.

The RNIB has also stated the web has opened up many doors and possibilities for everyone, but this is especially true for people with disabilities. Due to increasing availability and widespread use of access technology, people now enjoy a level of empowerment and independence that previous generations never experienced before.

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