Plain-language meaning
The degree to which people with a wide range of abilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and operate a website.
Why it matters
Accessibility affects how a website is discovered, understood, used, maintained, or evaluated. In an Asuruas report, the term remains connected to evidence and context.
Use “Accessibility” precisely
In an audit, accessibility should name a specific condition, object, relationship, or decision—not serve as a vague synonym for website quality. Attach the term to the exact evidence and affected scope so a reviewer can understand what was observed and what remains uncertain.
Evidence to inspect for Accessibility
- Semantic structure, keyboard operation, focus order, labels, names, contrast, alternatives, errors, and assistive-technology behaviour.
- Automated findings separated from issues requiring manual human evaluation.
- Document how the term affects the outcome to remove barriers from important user tasks and make accessibility part of routine website operations.
- Repeat automated checks, complete the relevant manual task, and record the browser and assistive-technology context.
Decision and verification record
Scope
Name the website, environment, URLs, entities, templates, or user journeys included in the accessibility decision.
Decision
Record the chosen action, owner, priority, dependencies, approval, and the evidence that justified it.
Verification
Repeat automated checks, complete the relevant manual task, and record the browser and assistive-technology context.
Turn accessibility into an accountable record.
A shared working definition of accessibility used consistently across reports and operational records.