There are many reasons, especially with the advent of social media, why PDFs are not a suitable solution for releasing content. It is important, as an organisation, to support your end users by providing them content that they can easily access and read. If you are providing content via PDF, you should seriously consider the following issues.
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It is still unclear as to whether PDFs can be made accessible; however, they do not contain the accessibility features inherent in traditional HTML. In addition to this, there are many times that PDFs are used when they should instead be web pages. Therefore, before including PDFs on your web site, it is essential to ensure that they are being used in the appropriate circumstance.
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Gian Wild: Unfortunately, due to their inherently visual nature, when CAPTCHAs were initially developed they were completely inaccessible to people who used screen readers, and sometimes to people with low vision and cognitive disabilities.
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Gian Wild: Mental health disabilities (sometimes called “psychosocial disabilities”) are often overlooked when people think about accessibility. In fact, WCAG2 does not reference the needs of people with mental health disabilities at all.
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Gian Wild: People with cognitive, language and learning disabilities comprise the largest group of those with disabilities accessing the web—approximately 15 to 20% of the population.
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