As the U.S. population ages, the percentage of persons with disabilities increases. According to a 2017 University of New Hampshire Institute of Disability report, 12.8% of the overall population has a disability while 35.6% of those over 65 years of age have a disability. That translates to one out of eight people with a disability in the overall population and one out of three people over 65. Not accommodating persons with disabilities limits opportunities for both the individuals and the website provider. A wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological need to be taken into consideration. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 defines how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. WCAG 2.0 has four principles that provide the foundation for accessible content:
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