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The Digital Accessibility Workshop is one component of the larger Empathy Lab initiative from the State of Colorado's Technology Accessibility Program (TAP). The workshop is a virtual inclusion and awareness site with elements that have been informed by a 10-member Community Steering Committee. It is designed to build awareness, empathy and desire to create accessible and equitable digital products.
The site includes interactive exercises across nine (9) different topics that show how people with disabilities experience web pages, forms, colors, and more. Some of the exercises are intentionally inaccessible in order to help learners gain a deeper understanding of how users experience technology in different ways.
In our Forms exercises, you will learn about best practices for digital forms and experience barriers to accessibility.
Documents are a part of our everyday work lives. Learn about structure, design, and what goes into a strong document.
Whether your pages are for customers on the web, or for staff on an intranet, these tips and tricks can help you design a successful site across the board.
Explore what goes into a great data view to ensure that all of your users can see and understand the data that you've put together.
Explore the differences between complicated text and plain, easy to read language.
This page will lead you through exercises designed to give you insight into visual impairments, and show you how color can make a big impact on the digital products you use every day.
These exercises highlight how even small adjustments in communication can make a meaningful difference for individuals with auditory barriers.
Practice using only a keyboard to navigate web pages to see how others use technology without a mouse.
Explore how the different media types can be presented in a variety of ways that are inaccessible to audiences including those with visual, auditory, and cognitive disabilities.
Universal Design and the Persona Spectrum
One arm
(Permanent)
Arm injury
(Temporary)
New parent
(Situational)
Different people benefit when you design for someone with a permanent disability. Someone with a situational limit can also benefit. For example, a device meant for a person with one arm could be used just as easily by a person with a wrist injury or a new parent holding a baby. We call this the Persona Spectrum. When you aim for Universal Design, you help all three groups. Voice recognition, screen readers, closed captions, and transcription are just a few of the tools used for inclusivity, breaking down barriers, and empowering people with disabilities across all walks of life.
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