Understanding Accessibility

Guideline 14. Ensure that documents are clear and simple.

Use clear and simple language - this means that almost everybody will be able to understand your content. Keep page style consistent. There are 3 specific checkpoints in Guideline 14.

Guideline 14 checkpoints, ordered from 1 to 3, with priority and how to check the checkpoint given and the disabilities accommodated by applying the checkpoint
No. Checkpoint Priority Disability Accommodated
14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content Priority 1 Cognitive
14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations where they will facilitate comprehension of the page Priority 3 Blind
Cognitive
Novice
14.3 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages. Priority 3

Blind
Cognitive

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