Is my website accessible enough?
Probably not completely, and you are far from alone. The good news is that the most common problems are also the easiest to fix.
27 October 2026
Why it matters
About 16.8 million people in the UK, a quarter of the population, are disabled. That includes people who cannot see a screen well, who cannot use a mouse, who are colour blind, or who find dense text hard going. Many more have a broken arm, a small phone in bright sun, or a slow connection. A site that works for them works better for everyone.
It is also a legal duty. Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses that provide services to the public must make reasonable adjustments so disabled people are not put at a disadvantage, and that is widely taken to include websites. The guide most people work to is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, known as WCAG, at level AA.
You are not alone
Every year an American non profit, WebAIM, tests the home pages of the top million websites. In 2026, 95.9% had problems an automated tool could find, with an average of 56 errors each. The same six problems turn up again and again:
| Problem | Home pages with it | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Low contrast text | 83.9% | Pale grey on white, or text over a photo, that many people cannot read |
| Images without a description | 53.1% | A screen reader announces "image" and nothing else |
| Form boxes without labels | 51.0% | Someone who cannot see the form does not know what to type where |
| Empty links | 46.3% | An icon link, such as a social media logo, with no words behind it |
| Empty buttons | 30.6% | A button such as a menu or search icon that says nothing about what it does |
| No page language | 13.5% | A screen reader may read English in the wrong accent or rules |
Checks you can do in ten minutes
- Put the mouse away. Press Tab to move through your page. Can you see where you are each time, reach every link and button, and fill in and send your contact form?
- Zoom to 200%. Does everything still fit, or do words overlap and buttons disappear?
- Read it on your phone outside. Pale text and text on photos fail first.
- Look at your images. Does each one that matters have a short description in your site's editor? Pictures that are only decoration should have none.
- Read your link text. "Click here" and "Read more" mean nothing on their own. "See our prices" does.
- Watch a video with the sound off. If it matters, it needs captions.
Free automated checkers will find more, but many problems, such as a confusing form or a menu that traps the keyboard, need a person to notice them. Nothing beats someone trying to use your site the way your customers do.
What "enough" looks like
Perfection is not the test. A reasonable aim for a small business is: the six problems above fixed, every page usable from a keyboard, a contact route that works for everyone, and an honest accessibility statement saying what you know is not right yet and how people can reach you instead. Then keep it that way whenever pages change.
If you want help, we can check your site against the guidelines and give you a list of what to fix, most important first, as part of our care and maintenance work.
Where this comes from
- Disabled people in the UK: Family Resources Survey, financial year 2023 to 2024, Department for Work and Pensions.
- Home page failures: The WebAIM Million, 2026.
- The duty to make adjustments: Equality Act 2010, section 29.
- The guidelines: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2, W3C.
Want to know where your site stands?
Send us the address. We will tell you the biggest problems we find and how hard each one is to fix.
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hello@moonlathetechnologies.com