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What is accessibility

Accessibility is the degree to which people can use an object, visit a place, or access a service, regardless of their technical, cognitive, or physical abilities.

To increase accessibility, certain aids are used to help overcome obstacles or barriers in the environment. Thanks to these aids, people with disabilities can perform the same actions as those without. Some of these technical aids include braille alphabet, sign language, wheelchairs, auditory signals at traffic lights, etc.

Accessibility is a right that ensures a person can enter, move around, and remain in a place safely, comfortably, and independently. For this, physical barriers must be removed.

In computing, accessibility includes aids such as high-contrast or large-size fonts, screen magnifiers, screen readers and reviewers, voice recognition programs, adapted keyboards, and other input devices.

Accessibility applied to internet content is called web accessibility. On the web, the W3C has developed specific guidelines to ensure this type of accessibility. The working group within the W3C responsible for promoting it is the WAI, which has developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0You will be redirected to another website and 2.0You will be redirected to another website).

Accessibility and disability

Disabilities that affect web accessibility can be:

  • Visual: in various degrees, from low vision to total blindness, as well as problems distinguishing colors (color blindness).
  • Motor: difficulty or inability to use hands, including tremors, muscle slowness, etc. These may be caused by diseases such as Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, limb loss…
  • Auditory: deafness or hearing impairments.
  • Cognitive: learning difficulties (dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.) or cognitive disabilities affecting memory, attention, logical skills, etc.

Accessibility on the ABANCA website

To ensure proper access for all users, the website is optimized for both the most widely used browsers and less common ones. In addition, correct navigation has been reviewed using text-only browsers and with styles and images disabled.

To provide the system with the most advanced security and protection mechanisms, we recommend that you install the latest version of your browser. You can obtain it from the following pages, depending on the browser you use: