Went out. Had a few drinks. Nice guy. Turns out, he’s a web designer.
I’m a designer; Sometimes of products, sometimes not.
The practical, Bring Your Own Barriers (BYOB) workshop, where we inspect a piece of your current work (words, design or laptop with code) and address all of its accessibility barriers.
Learn what to pay attention to and who would have been excluded if we hadn’t.
96% of tested websites fail to meet the bare minimum for accessibility [1].
James, a 47-year-old man from USA, who has Deuteranomaly [2].
How we carefully designed the colours.
How James actually sees them (simulated).
1-in-12 men and 1-in-200 women have some degree of colour vision deficiency, an estimated total of 696 milllion people worldwide. [3]
In reality, people, of all ages, ethnicities and Dis/abilities benefit from accessible design.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you will start treating all your problems like a nail.
W3C publishes official Standards [5]. WCAG AA 2.1 is a legal requirement in many countries.
Have you tested it? In a screen reader? With Disabled people?
There is no such thing as 100% accessible, nothing is perfect. Make it better than it was yesterday.
You’re 1-in-7.88 billion, a flicker in the eyes of the universe, but your work can mean the difference between someone being able to use our products or not.
