Accessibility for UX designers?

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This is a starter guide for UX Designers about delivering accessible websites. As a UX Designer you’e an advocate for the user. You’re responsible for making sure the product is useful and usable for all users, including those with disablities. By Peter van Grieken.

Your role as a UX Designer is to help the team approach accessibility as a facet of user experience rather than a checklist of requirements.

The article is split into multiple resources, including:

  • Don’t design for mouse interactions alone
  • Design what keyboard interactions look like
  • Use of colour
  • Colour contrast
  • Be consistent - elements should be identified the same on all pages.
  • Think about communication
  • Video and audio content need text alternatives
  • List of books about accessible UX desig

A big section is also dedicated to accessibility issues and how to find them. When you design and build websites properly, disabled people can use them. Unfortunately, many websites are designed in a way that makes them difficult or impossible for some people to use. Excellent read!

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