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Hello.Miriam Tracey
Designing experiences for all.
People.
Accessible design is design in which the needs of people
with disabilities are specifically considered.
Web accessibility enables people with disabilities, to perceive,
understand, navigate, interact with, and contribute to the web.
Jesse Hauler, Accessibility Specialist at Salesforce
Video “I got an iPhone and it instantly
changed my universe.” -Austin Seraphin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA
Stats
Statistics Canada :
3.8 million Canadians or nearly 14% of the adult population, live with a disability.
IBM Research:
1 billion people or 15% of the world’s population, live with a disability.
Video “YouTubers, you really need to start captioning your videos.”
-Rikki Poynter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmTMiWGiP6Y
Pew Research Centre:
Since 2011 roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers have turned 65 every day.
This will continue yet every day for the next 13 years.
15%
Have you ever ?…
YES NO
Watched a video on mute to avoid disturbing other people?
Lost your voice from a bad cold?
Turned down the brightness on your phone?
Stayed up too late and had trouble focusing the next day?
Tried to look at a site or an app while crossing a street?
Been in a noisy place and struggled to hear the
conversation you were having?
Had to use your non-dominant hand because of an injury or because you were holding a
bunch of things?
Lost or forgotten your glasses, or even just your sunglasses
when you needed them?
Many of us are only temporarily able-bodied.
Robin Christopherson, Accessibility Advocate
At any given moment, we could be juggling multiple tasks that take an eye or an ear or a finger away. We could be exhausted or sick or stressed. Our need for accessibility might last a minute, an hour, a day, or the rest of our lives.
Anne Gibson
All of us.
?
So where do we start?
Add alt text to describe your images
Create closed captions for videos
Distinguish between colours
Carefully identify your links
The problem
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The problem What to do
We don't know where the next Stephen Hawking is going to come from, or where our next brilliant breakthroughs will emerge. The world must welcome all brilliant minds to the table. Accessibility must take the lead.
Pamela Agar, Digital Lead at Imperial College London
People.
Accessibility is not a luxury.
And it is everyone’s responsibility.
Thank you! Some more resources to get you started:
accessibilitystart.com
Miriam Thomas @andmiriam
Tracey Falk @traceyfalk