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title: "What Is Web accessibility? Dental Practice Glossary"
description: "Web accessibility means designing and building websites, tools and pages so that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate and use them."
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publisher: Copeland Consulting Services
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contact: https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/contact
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Compliance and risk

# Web accessibility

Web accessibility means designing and building websites, tools and pages so that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate and use them.

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative says web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.

ADA.gov guidance says an inaccessible website can exclude people just as much as steps at an entrance to a physical location. The guidance describes how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can make websites accessible under the [Americans with Disabilities Act](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/americans-with-disabilities-act).

Ask an attorney or an accessibility specialist how the law and these guides apply to your site.

[Next stepPractice consulting with Dr. Copeland](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/contact?topic=consulting)

## Related terms

-   [Americans with Disabilities Act](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/americans-with-disabilities-act)
-   [Compliance checklist](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/compliance-checklist)
-   [Dental SEO](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/dental-seo)

## Sources

1.  [W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: Introduction to Web Accessibility](https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/)
2.  [ADA.gov: Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA](https://www.ada.gov/resources/web-guidance/)

## Talk with Dr. Copeland

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