a11yTOConf2019

Value

Speaker: Derek Featherstone Twitter: @feather Course Accessibility for web design

a11y should be intentional

• What does inclusive design means?
• A11y => is the => outcome
• Inclusive design => is the => process

Inclusive design should be reliable sustainable and ethically responsible way to achieve a11y

If we want to practice inclusive design we need to engage people with disabilities as part of the process.

How we do what we value

• The process that we use has an important on what we’re saying we value.
• Technology not working made my father feel illiterate (… So I no longer feel like an idiot because I couldn’t do it…)

Dignity

• Your use of a product or service should not require you to ask anyone else for help.
• Your use of a product or service should not induce feelings that

Independence

• Your use of a product or service should not require you to rely on any other person

Choice

• Your use of a product or service should not prevent you from making choices that other people have

Security & Privacy

• Your use of a product or service should not require you to disclose sensitive personal information to a 3rd party other than those you’re disclosing the information to.

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