What access barriers do they face?

Some of the barriers your students face in accessing your websites may include:

• poor web design features that exclude users (which may include students with a disability) from accessing information
• older technologies (software and hardware)
• slow, unreliable or expensive Internet service providers (common in rural areas)
• small screens for viewing information
• temporary impairment or illness
• inexperience with computers and/or web use
• slow or poor coordination due to age, medication or disability
• difficulties reading, writing and understanding English
• slow reading or difficulty with information processing which may be the result of:
  • a learning disability or difficulty
  • an intellectual disability
  • an acquired brain injury or neurological impairment
  • a medical condition that affects speed of processing
  • a psychiatric disability, especially if the student is taking medication
  • visual perception difficulties
  • concentration difficulties due to pain.

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