Most of us today cannot imagine our lives without the Internet and our smartphones. Some will even argue that the Internet is the single largest revolutionary invention of all time that has touched numerous lives across the globe. Now, at the click of a mouse or the touch of your fingertip, the world is now at your disposal, provided you can use the mouse, see the screen, and hear the audio—impairments might make it difficult for people to access the Internet. This makes us wonder about how people with disabilities would use the Internet, their frustration in doing so, and the efforts that must be taken to make websites accessible to all.

Though estimates vary on this, most studies have revealed that about 15% of the world's population have some kind of disability. Not all of these people would have an issue with accessing the web, but let's assume 5% of these people would face a problem in accessing the web. This 5% is also a considerable amount of users, which cannot be ignored...