Speaker: Donna Vitan
Twitter: @donnavitan
Slides
- Have you ever felt the imposter syndrome?
- a11y: our work is continous and active effort
- always be in listening mode, and echo voices.
- Listen & Learn
- Design Systems:
- Accessibility is a Human Right
- Nothing Without Us - Accessible Canada Act
- Vision: proactively....
- What's accessibility? Access regardless of their ability
- Principles for Accessibility (POUR)
- Perceivable
- Operable
- Understandable
- Robust
- Keep this principles in mind to create accessible websites
- (designer) Intent does not erase impact (user)
- When is the best time to include a11y?
- Quote: Accessibility is like berry, you can't pushed them into a baked muffin
- Quote: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now
- Advocate now!
- Designs are not limited to what you see and interact in your UI!
- "If we move fast and break things, we can just as easily move quickly and fix them."
- Be intentional with your impact
- Make sure user can navigate with keyboard
- Make sure your product can be used by a Screen reader
- Include alt text to your images