Necessity of Accessibility to E-Government Websites for Disabled People

In many countries, IT affect governments and they are going toward e-government in order to provide services more conveniently, effectively, efficently and increase accessibility. E-government is going to provide services to all people every where and every time. Considering this view, disabledpeople are part ofcitizen who should use the services. Governments, therefore, are obliged to providefacilities for disabledpeople to access online services. This paper investigates the main motivations in addressing the issue, the types of disabilities concerned, guidelines, comparison ofsuccess of governments in accessibility and their attention to disabled people, means for the test and main technical considerations in designing the websites. Also, some recommendations will be highlighted to improve the accessibility.