The purpose of creating accessible content is to make communication as effective as possible with all users whether they are students, staff or external audiences. Accessible content covers the language and message, the structure and the format of all documents. This means that you need to take account of the following:
Building accessibility into content after it is created requires additional work. It is much easier to invest a bit of time to develop “inclusive habits” that can be used during document creation. Documents created this way will also be easier to maintain, reuse and rework.
Where information is aimed at a wide audience it is particularly important to take all reasonable steps to make the content readily accessible. In taking reasonable steps you will also avoid discriminating against disabled people (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and Special Educational Needs Act 2001)