Inclusive Design: more heart, more humans

Talk by Nicola du Toit (http://nicoladutoit.com/) and me on Inclusive Design.

A version of this talk was given at https://www.meetup.com/IO-Powwow/events/249633653/ and https://www.meetup.com/cape-town-testing-meetup/events/247813816/ .

Transcript

1. Inclusive Design:
   More
   !
   , more humans
   

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2. Most important thing:
   Think about disability as
   a spectrum, not a binary
   

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3. Did anyone notice
   some weird posters
   on the wall?
   bit.ly/emplab301
   

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4. Us looking at our stuff
   !
   ➜
   "
   ➜
   #truestory
   

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5. So we became…
   The Empathy Labradors
   Nicola du Toit - @sophdex
   Steve Barnett - @maxbarners
   

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6. 1. Disability as a
   spectrum
   2. The What and the Why
   3. The How
   

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8. Ability
   +
   Barrier
   =
   Disability
   

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9. Time to move… ⚡"
   

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10. Draw a ❤
    Friend?
    Parent?
    Colleague?
    

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11. Disability is a spectrum,
    not a binary
    

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12. Examples of barriers
    

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13. “The power of the Web is
    in its universality. Access
    by everyone regardless of
    disability is an essential
    aspect.”
    — Tim Berners-Lee
    

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14. There are other
    spectrums we could
    consider too
    

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15. 1. Disability as a
    spectrum
    2. The What and the Why
    3. The How
    

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16. ❤ Inclusive Design
    is about designing for
    the diversity of our users
    

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17. ❤ Accessibility
    is the specifics of the
    implementation
    WCAG, WAI-ARIA
    

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18. ❤ Inclusive Design
    is about
    good usability
    

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19. ❤ Inclusive Design
    is about
    quality software
    

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20. Why should we care?
    What are the benefits of
    doing Inclusive Design?
    

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21. ❤ Inclusive Design
    helps us be a superhero
    

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22. ❤ Inclusive Design
    helps us avoid
    (expensive) fixes later
    (and possibly lawsuits)
    

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23. ❤ Inclusive Design
    helps us get
    more humans,
    on more devices,
    under more conditions
    

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24. 1. Disability as a
    spectrum
    2. The What and the Why
    3. The How
    

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25. How do we do
    Inclusive Design?
    What do we test?
    

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26. Test using
    no mouse, no trackpad
    

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27. Test
    colour contrast
    

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28. Test for
    plain language
    

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29. "This sounds like
    a lot of work" !
    

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30. “It doesn't have to be
    perfect, just a little bit
    better than yesterday"
    — Leonie Watson
    

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31. Most important thing:
    Think about disability as
    a spectrum, not a binary
    

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32. Now what?
    Thursday 17th May
    Global Accessibility
    Awareness Day
    

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33. Now what?
    Tomorrow, 10am, 10 mins
    Test your stuff
    bit.ly/emplab-ten-at-ten
    

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34. Pair up with someone
    Tell them: "I'm going to
    spend 10m testing my
    stuff tomorrow"
    !
    or
    

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35. Thanks! Questions?
    Nicola du Toit - @sophdex
    Steve Barnett - @maxbarners
    bit.ly/emplab-ten-at-ten
    

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