with disabilities are still being deprived from taking full advantage of these services. In this paper, we\ninvestigate the extent to which accessibility is taken into account in the design of Dubai e-Government\nwebsites. The accessibility of each of the 21 Dubai e-Government websites was evaluated based on the\nWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 and using automated testing tools. Our research reveals\nthat many Dubai e-Government sites did not meet the minimum W3C accessibility conformance level. Our\nresults indicate that the prevalent priority-1 accessibility barriers identified in this study were related to\nthe absence of text equivalents for non-text elements, and the failure of the static equivalents for dynamic\ncontent to get updated when the dynamic content changes. Valuable insights to address the accessibility\nbarriers are also provided. It is recommended that government agencies and public sector organizations barriers are also provided. It is recommended that government agencies and public sector organizations\nshould develop a set of ââ?¬Å?best design for accessibilityââ?¬Â practices in accordance with WCAG guidelines.
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