Does my website have to be accessible to people with disabilities
Since June 2025 the European accessibility rules have covered online stores, banking, transport and digital services for consumers, among others. Micro companies providing services are excluded, but the requirements are worth meeting anyway.
The reference point is the WCAG standard at level AA. In practice it comes down to things that improve the site for everyone: sufficient text contrast, full keyboard operation, alternative descriptions for images, properly labelled form fields and a readable heading hierarchy.
The side effect is a very pleasant one. A site built correctly for accessibility is better understood by search engines and by assistants, because both read exactly the same structure as the screen reader used by a blind person.
We do not recommend overlays advertised as compliance in one click. They do not solve the problem, and in several countries they have been grounds for lawsuits. Accessibility is done in the code, while the site is being built, and that is when it costs the least.
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