How do cascading style sheets affect web accessibility?
Printable Version Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a web markup language, developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). CSS accompanies HTML and gives both developers and users more control over how pages are displayed. CSS allows web developers to separate the appearance of a page (CSS) from its structure and informational content (HTML). This is a good idea since users access content using a wide variety of devices and media. The presentation of a document should therefore not be the same for everyone, but content and structure should be. People with disabilities benefit from this approach because they gain more control over how web pages are displayed or presented. For example, users with low vision can create their own large-font, high-contrast style sheet and tell the browser to override web pages’ existing style sheets with the style sheet that accommodates their needs and reflects their preferences. More information is available in the W3C document Accessibility Features of C
