Ensuring accessibility on the websites and e-government portals isa duty that public and private entities need to fulfill to enable pluralityin access to content available on the internet. Due to simpleinterfaces, many people have started to use Content ManagementSystems (CMS) to create their blogs or online store. These systemsbegan to be widely used for allowing people without programmingknowledge to create and make their websites available on the internet.Therefore, it becomes essential to assess whether these toolsprovide resources that help the development of accessible websites.Thus, this paper aims to analyze websites developed through a CMSto collect and identify problems related to the criteria that guaranteevirtual accessibility (Accessibility Guidelines for Web Content -WCAG and Model Accessibility in Electronic Government - eMAG)of accessibility for blind or low vision persons.

Despite many advances in the area of software accessibility, thereare still many problems to be overcome that prevent a greateravailability of accessible software. One of these problems is thataccessibility is usually not included in the curriculum of computingcourses. This educational gap causes software development professionalsto leave college or university without understanding howthe software they develop can be adapted to guarantee its use bypeople with different needs and how to implement these adaptations.This work proposes and evaluates an accessibility teachingmethodology based on Design Thinking with the main objectiveof increasing accessibility awareness among students. The resultsindicate that the proposed methodology was effective and managedto significantly increase students’ accessibility awareness, makingthem more sensitive and empathetic about the topic. The resultsalso showed that the students approved of the methodology andconsidered it interesting and engaging.