Inclusive Design: more heart, more humans (slightly more design-y edition)

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

A version of this talk was given at IxDA Cape Town https://www.meetup.com/IxDA-Cape-Town/events/249698603/ .

Transcript

1. Inclusive Design: More ! , more humans
2. Most important thing: Think about disability as a spectrum, not a binary
3. Did anyone notice something weird in the toilets? Or the bar? bit.ly/emplab301
4. Us looking at our stuff ! ➜ " ➜ #truestory
5. So we became… The Empathy Labradors Nicola du Toit - @sophdex Steve Barnett - @maxbarners
6. 1. Disability as a spectrum 2. The What and the Why 3. The How
8. Ability + Barrier = Disability
9. Get ready to get up… !
10. Draw a ❤ Friend? Parent? Colleague?
11. Disability is a spectrum, not a binary
12. “The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” — Tim Berners-Lee
13. Examples of barriers
14. There are other spectrums we could consider too
15. 1. Disability as a spectrum 2. The What and the Why 3. The How
16. ❤ Inclusive Design is designing for the diversity of our users
17. ❤ Accessibility is the specifics of the implementation WCAG, WAI-ARIA
18. ❤ Inclusive Design is good usability
19. ❤ Inclusive Design is good software
20. Why should we care? What are the benefits of doing Inclusive Design?
21. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us be a superhero
22. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us avoid (expensive) fixes later (and possibly lawsuits)
23. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us get more humans, on more devices, under more conditions
24. Why should we care? Isn't accessibility (and Inclusive Design) boring, and limiting? And also: boring?
25. ❤ Inclusive Design provides constraints, which spark creativity
26. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us design for (imperfect) reality
27. ❤ Inclusive Design asks us to have the confidence and the kindness to be a little boring
28. What was the most surprising thing in The What and the Why? Use your words
29. 1. Disability as a spectrum 2. The What and the Why 3. The How
30. How do we do Inclusive Design? What do we test?
31. Test using no mouse, no trackpad
32. Test colour contrast
33. Test for plain language
34. "This sounds like a lot of work" !
35. “It doesn't have to be perfect, just a little bit better than yesterday" — Leonie Watson
36. Most important thing: Think about disability as a spectrum, not a binary
37. Now what? Tomorrow is Global Accessibility Awareness Day globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org or google GAAD
38. Now what? Tomorrow, 10am, 10 mins Test your stuff bit.ly/emplab-ten-at-ten
39. Pair up with someone Tell them: "I'm going to spend 10m testing my stuff tomorrow" ! or
40. Thanks! Questions? Nicola du Toit - @sophdex Steve Barnett - @maxbarners bit.ly/emplab-ten-at-ten