Why Accessibility Matters & How to Design for It

What is Accessibility and why should businesses care about it? How difficult is it to design for disabled audiences? In this episode, we discuss the myths and misconceptions around Accessibility, why it’s so important to incorporate it into products (and the unexpected benefits that come from doing so), and how designers can do that with ease. "When I first really started to work with Accessibility Standards, my initial reaction to it was 'I don't have time for this. Why would I try and add this extra bit of work into my workflow to serve a small demographic? Is it worth the time and energy to do it?'" — Matt at 1:35 Sim Daltonism: https://michelf.ca/projects/sim-daltonism/ Tota11y: http://khan.github.io/tota11y/ W3C Accessibility Evaluation Tools: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/ W3C Accessibility Guidelines: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ Section 508: http://section508.gov/ and http://www.usability.gov/ Accessibility Inspector for Mac: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXTestingApps.html aXe: http://www.deque.com/products/axe/ Web Accessibility Toolbar: https://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat/ Email us: [email protected] Austin on Twitter: Twitter.com/ustinKnight Geoff on Twitter: Twitter.com/dailydaigle Matt on Twitter: Twitter.com/mattrheault