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ACCESSIBILITY HELPS EVERYONE How to Talk to Your Developers About Accessibility CRANFORDTEAGUE Jason Cranford Teague @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility www.cranfordteague.com

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ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS Thanks CRANFORDTEAGUE @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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JASON CRANFORD TEAGUE UX Lead, Rivet Logic 
 Board Of Advisors at CX at University of Richmond [email protected] 541.600.4422 @CranfordTeague/#UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE WHAT IS ACCESSIBILITY? INTRODUCTION

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE The power of WWW is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. — Tim Burners-Lee “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Accessibility is about Communicating

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE I think, in general, it’s clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings—and the Web’s a form of communications —so it generally should be good. — Tim Burners-Lee “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Design is about Communicating

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Design is about Accessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE P.O.U.R. Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#guidelines

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE ACCESSIBILITY SEVEN MYTHS OF

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Accessibility is the designer’s job ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Making our sites accessible starts with the understanding that people access the web differently, and continues with every member of the team ensuring their output is inclusive. 
 — Laura Kalbag Accessibility for Everyone “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE EVERYONE 
 is responsible for ensuring accessibility: Designers

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE EVERYONE 
 is responsible for ensuring accessibility: Developers

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE EVERYONE 
 is responsible for ensuring accessibility: QA

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE …And don’t forget 
 CONTENT CREATORS

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Accessibility is just about the visual and auditory ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE …web accessibility is a subset of User Experience (UX) focused on making your websites usable by the widest range of people possible, including those who have disabilities. — Dave Rupert A11yProject.com “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Being disabled is more than 
 being permanently deaf or blind

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE ➡ Myopia ➡ Color blindness ➡ Glaucoma ➡ Albinism VISUAL & AUDITORY ➡ Presbycusis ➡ Acoustic trauma ➡ Auditory processing disorder ➡ Otosclerosis

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE ➡ RSI ➡ Cerebral palsy ➡ Parkinson's ➡ Muscular dystrophy MOTOR

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE ➡ Down’s syndrome ➡ Autism ➡ Global developmental delay ➡ Dyslexia COGNITIVE

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Making a product accessible limits design possibilities ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Every design endeavor, whether a one-off banner ad or a multichannel marketing campaign, is bound by factors that limit creative decision- making. These binding factors are called design constraints. Though they might seem to undermine originality, constraints are keys to unlocking long-term design solutions. – Micah Bowers 
 toptal.com “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Design is about overcoming limitations

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE https://contrast-grid.eightshapes.com/

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE

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Accessibility only helps the “disabled” ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE At some point in their lives, most people will either have a disability or know someone who has one. — Coleen Boyle, Ph.D. 
 Director of CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Making products accessible helps EVERYONE!

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Texting was created for the deaf

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If we are 508 Compliant, we are accessible. ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE [508 compliance] requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology (EIT) accessible to people with disabilities. — Section508.gov “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE But what does that mean?

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Inclusive Universal Accessible → →

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Lowest Common Denominator?

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Accessibility compliance is a checklist ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE …if accessibility isn’t considered at the beginning of the software development lifecycle, it often falls by the wayside. — Inge De Bleecker CMS Wire “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE An accessibility checklist 
 should be QA not an afterthought

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ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility https://webaccessibilitychecklist.com/

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Accessibility takes too much time & costs more ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE MYTH @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE …accessibility can unlock a huge, overlooked market share, reduce potential legal risk, lower operational costs, and boost brand value. If organizations only focus on one single aspect of return on investment, they’ll miss some very big positive factors that are a result of having an accessible digital presence. — Greg Williams 
 Accessibility Program Office Executive “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Accessibility is the RIGHT THING To do! ETHICAL ARGUMENT:

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Digital negligence towards 
 disabled users loses the market a potential $175 billion spending capability according to The US Department of Labor https://www.dckap.com/blog/what-is-the-roi-on-website-accessibility/ ROI ARGUMENT:

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE 96% of customers who report putting in high effort in their service interactions are disloyal, while only 9% of customers who expend low effort are disloyal. — Harvard Business Review ROI ARGUMENT:

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE According to a recent Nucleus Research report more than 70% of internet sites used blind consumers they surveyed had some type of critical accessibility blocker https://accessibility.deque.com/nucleus-accessibility-research-2019 ROI ARGUMENT:

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE ROI ARGUMENT: https://www.deque.com/blog/the-business-case-for-accessibility/

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Integrating accessibility throughout the design process is less expensive than fixing accessibility in development or after launch FEAR ARGUMENT:

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Once a system is in development, correcting a problem costs 10 times as much as fixing the same problem in design. If the system has been released, it costs 100 times as much relative to fixing in design. — T. Gilb Principles of software engineering management. “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE The true cost of inaccessible 
 digital products is decided by the courts FEAR ARGUMENT:

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE FEAR ARGUMENT: https://www.deque.com/blog/the-business-case-for-accessibility/

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE WE ARE ALL 
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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE …everyone is in effect in very real terms impaired on a daily basis, on an hourly basis. We all slide up and down that scale of impairment as you're juggling your phone one handed, accessing a website on a sunny day on a small shiny sheet of glass, noisy café, bumpy bus, that sort of thing. — Robin Christopherson 
 Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet “

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE Making sites accessible helps EVERYONE!

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE The accessibility problems of today are the mainstream breakthroughs of tomorrow. — Eve Andersson 
 Director, Accessibility Engineering, Google “

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ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS Thanks CRANFORDTEAGUE @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility

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@CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE RivetLogic.com

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JASON CRANFORD TEAGUE UX Lead, Rivet Logic 
 Board Of Advisors at CX at University of Richmond [email protected] 541.600.4422 @CranfordTeague/#UXCampAccessibility ACCESSIBILITY & DEVELOPERS CRANFORDTEAGUE @CranfordTeague | #UXCampAccessibility