Break Your Post Into Paragraphs

This tip for making your blog more accessible is simple, requires no technical knowledge, and you can do it as you go along. Just break your blog posts into paragraphs, and try to stick to one main idea in each paragraph.

People with low vision and many older people, whose eyes may tire out more easily, will have an easier time reading what you have to say if the text is broken up. People with cognitive or learning disabilities may also have an easier time when information is broken into smaller chunks.

Make sure a blank line shows up in between the two paragraphs so everyone's eyeballs get some relief.

This accessibility thing is easier than you thought, isn't it?

Sources and Further Reading

• Blogging For Older Readers on Time Goes By
• Developing sites for users with Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties by Juicy Studios
• An Accessibility Frontier: Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties by Roger Hudson, Russ Weakley and Peter Firminger
• Accessibility & design: It's not all about CSS and Standards at MasterWeb