Is your website really for everyone?
In Italy, web accessibility has been on the radar since 2004, thanks to the so-called Legge Stanca. And now, with the European Accessibility Act, things are getting serious: starting June 28, 2025 Italian businesses will have to play by the new EU standards.
Making everything perceivable and usable? Nice start,but not enough.
Back in 2022, public websites had to comply with WCAG 2.0, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The idea was simple: make everything perceivable, usable, understandable, and robust. In practice, that meant clear content, images with alt text, readable copy, interfaces that work even with just a keyboard, and clean, well-structured code. WCAG raise the bar. Now, you need clearly visible focus states and more consideration for users with cognitive or memory challenges. Buttons and icons must be large enough to see and click, and the same goes for links. No more distracting animations that confuse, and those tricky CAPTCHAs are giving way to smarter, more transparent solutions like reCAPTCHA Enterprise.
Notifications need to speak clearly too. If something happens on the page—an error, a loading message, or any alert—the user should understand it immediately. Support chats must be easy to find and communicate in a human, one-on-one way, not in a robotic, confusing style. Accessibility isn’t something you slap on later—it has to be designed from the start.
The quick-and-easy recap you didn’t know you needed.
Long story short: better act early—before potential fines of €5,000 to €50,000 come knocking.
Micro-business
(Fewer than 10 employees and under €2 million in revenue)
Breathe easy! No rules to follow… yet
Small/medium business
You have until June 2030 to comply with the accessibility requirements set by WCAG 2.1 Level AA and the technical standard EN 301 549.
Big business
(Average revenue ≥ €500 million over the past 3 years, public administrations, public service providers, or companies receiving public funds)
No escaping it—compliance is mandatory... accessibility statement included!
An example? Atlas: stylish and accessible.
Proudly XTRA-made.
Proudly XTRA-made.
High-contrast colors, a readable layout, and intuitive navigation—even from the keyboard. The search bar sits right at the top, where you expect it. Forms are clear, with easily visible labels. Videos don’t play automatically—you choose when to start them. Breadcrumbs always show you where you are. The homepage is organized to display the main sections immediately, with no jarring style changes or annoying effects.
The aim? To make everyone feel right at home.
Making a website accessible means ensuring that everyone—really everyone—can use it with ease. Accessibility isn’t just about respect for people with disabilities: it’s also about logic, common sense, and clarity. User experience improves when you allow people to adapt the site to their needs, reduce the need to remember information from page to page, and keep navigation consistent and predictable. And if you avoid making users fill out the same field over and over.
Creating an accessible website pays off—for you and for your users. It shows you care, it broadens your audience, and a well-made site simply works better. Even Google notices: clean code, clear content, well-described images… all of it helps with indexing and boosts your ranking in search results.
If you’re already compliant, great. If not, let’s talk.
You have until 2030, but if you start thinking about it now,you’re already ahead.