#A11y Rules PodcastConversations around web accessibility
About one thing everyone knows about accessibility… Amberley says: “I think everyone knows when something is not acceptable to them”
Jessica and I ponder whether low-literacy could be considered a disability, and regardless of the answer, that factor needs to be taken into account when designing sites and content.
EJ Tells us about how Cerebral Palsy and how it may cause cramps, forcing him to shift how he interacts with devices.
Mel Chua tells us that the onus shouldn’t be on her to request accessibility accommodations – it should be there from the start. And she shouldn’t be made to feel as if providing accommodations is something generous the service provider is doing.
Stephanie Walter says there’s a lot of things she thought everybody knew about accessibility that actually not a lot of people knew. So, she thinks in general people know that somewhere on the internet some people are blind.
Stephanie Walter tells us that designers should provide a roadmap to their design for the developer, but in many projects, there just isn’t time to do that.
Bri Norton
Elie Sloïm
Jen Simmons
Jason Scott
Kirsty Major