Websites, just like buildings and offices can be made accessible to everyone - including those with disabilities. Unfortunately there are too many websites that don't meet the most basic levels of accessibilty.
Aside from the moral aspects, in the UK it is the law to make a reasonable attempt to make your website accessible and this means complying with the Disability Discrimination Act. But it's not just about complying with the law - there are other benefits such as opening up your services and products to a far wider audience than with a "conventional" website. It's fairly obvious then that more visitors means more business or exposure to to your services.
Whilst there's no doubt that making your website accessible is more difficult to construct than normal, the benefits are well worth the extra effort. Your website will benefit from faster download times through cleaner code which takes up less resources. In addition, search engines will find it much easier to read and this may have positive effects on search engine positioning.
Without doubt you will get the best results if you have this done professionally but there are some things you can do to improve the accessibility of your website. If you are skilled in web design then constructing alt tags in images, placing H tags semantically into your content and table free design are all areas that will improve the accessibility of your website.
If you would like more information on accessible website design and complying with the disability discrimination act then please contact us.