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A Designer’s Accessibility Advocacy Toolkit A Designer’s Accessibility Advocacy Toolkit Yichan Wang 2024-02-26T18:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 Web accessibility can be challenging, particularly for clients unfamiliar with tech or compliance with The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). My role as a digital designer often involves guiding clients toward ADA-compliant web designs. I’ve acquired many strategies over the years for encouraging clients to adopt accessible web practices and invest in accessible user interfaces. It’s…

A Practical Guide To Designing For Colorblind People A Practical Guide To Designing For Colorblind People Vitaly Friedman 2024-02-20T12:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 Too often, accessibility is seen as a checklist, but it’s much more complex than that. We might be using a good contrast for our colors, but then, if these colors are perceived very differently by people, it can make interfaces extremely difficult to use. Depending on our color combinations, people…

Mobile Accessibility Barriers For Assistive Technology Users Mobile Accessibility Barriers For Assistive Technology Users Kate Kalcevich 2024-02-19T10:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 I often hear that native mobile app accessibility is more challenging than web accessibility. Teams don’t know where to start, where to find guidance on mobile accessibility, or how to prevent mobile-specific accessibility barriers. As someone who works for a company with an active community of mobile assistive technology users, I get…

How Accessibility Standards Can Empower Better Chart Visual Design How Accessibility Standards Can Empower Better Chart Visual Design Kent Eisenhuth 2024-02-14T15:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 Data visualizations are graphics that leverage our visual system and innate capabilities to gather, accumulate, and process information in our environment, as shown in the animation in Figure 1.0. Figure 1.0. An animation demonstrating our preattentive processing capability. Based on a lecture by Dr. Stephen Franconeri. (Large preview)…

A Practical Guide To Designing For Children A Practical Guide To Designing For Children Vitaly Friedman 2024-02-13T12:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 Children start interacting with the web when they are 3–5 years old. How do we design for children? What do we need to keep in mind while doing so? And how do we meet the expectations of the most demanding users you can possibly find: parents? Well, let’s find out. .course-intro{–shadow-color:206deg 31%…