Aggregated Interview Data on Web Accessibility

Abstract

Web accessibility–the processes by which online content is made usable by people with disabilities–is a complex process, which is governed by several official policies, implemented by various websites and professionals, and experienced differently by individuals with specific disabilities. As a result, it has not been seamlessly integrated with web content, and people with disabilities remain less likely to be web users than other Americans. In its complexity, web accessibility encourages consideration of media access not as a goal, but as a variable arrangement of conditions. This dataset is comprised of aggregated data from interviews with web accessibility professionals and bloggers with disabilities, designed to reveal how web accessibility policies and practices are experienced by those who create and benefit from them.