a11yTOConf2019

The inevitability of accessibility

Speaker: Natalie Patrice Tucker
Twitter: NataliePatriceT

5 Steps of Depression

Denial:

• Shock
• Paralysis
• How did we get here?
  • Why is this so painful?
  • Where do I find help?

Anger

• Defensiveness
• Entitlement
• Underneath anger is pain shame, embarrassment and/or fear

Bargaining

• What’s the least we can do?
• Can we use an overlay to fix this? Aria label?
• But how many disabled people are there, really?

Depression (exhaustion)

• You mean there’s more work to do?
• User research shows we are not as good as we thought
• How do we make sure this stays accessible forever?

Solutions:

• Find allies
• Alternate between audit and reading about core
• Work on something else for a while
• Talk to real people

Acceptance

• Shift left (from audits to a11y in design / user stories early on)
• Ship blockers
• Fearlessly talking to users.