Design

Design is a visual and functional art. Some aspects of design that would coincide with disabilities are not just color blindness but pain (ex. migranes) or mental illness. The design needs to be inviting. I have always said when developing a course or simply anything that will reach the hands of an employee; I want the user/student to be proud of being able to take this course. I want them to go home and show their wife/husband and feel a sense of hope in the road ahead. I want them to grab a magnet and stick it on their fridge and the only way to make something like that is good design. What this means for disabled people is that they can do the same.

Heading Structure - When information follows an order of importantace to it more legiable

Button Labels - Making sure to label buttons for screen readers and lay in proximity to the content they are controlling

Focus Order - being able to move from element to element in a meaningful way

Reading Order - the order in which a screen reader would read copntent on a page

Form Labels - on an input form, labels that describe each form field and its purpose for screen readers to read.

Non-Text Alternatives - icons or illustations to indicate calls to action on an interface

Autocomplete - a typing tool that helps you avoid misspellings and use correct grammar

Reduced Motion States - this can be similar to different modes on an application or your laptop like dark mode. This is a oppritunity to not play animations upon opening websites.

Captions & Transcripts - closed captioning on your screen and provided transcripts with what was said written out.

FigmaFigma Community file - Design and build experiences everyone can use. We use this library at Indeed to help designers document accessibility considerations to share with developers when handing off designs. It's quick and easy to add callouts for elements, indicate focus order, or specify keyboard interactions. We hop...

Annotating Designs For Accessibility by Anna E. CookA core aspect of accessibility comes down to our designs, from the patterns we create to what we work with developers to build. What we include in our designs and prototypes can communicate many core aspects of accessible design, but some pieces get lost. When designs and prototypes alone are not enough, we can use accessibility annotations. In this workshop, attendees learn what gaps that accessibility annotation can fill and when and how to use them.

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