Presentations

The Inclusive Design Principles were launched at #id24 in 2017. Since then they have helped teams put inclusion at the heart of their design process. This talk goes over how the principles came about, how they can be used alongside WCAG, and how they can be used by designers, user experience professionals, developers, and product owners.

Accessibility does not happen by accident. It takes empathy, thought, and understanding, and the Inclusive Design Principles can help you create accessible products and services with love.

People starting on their accessibility journey may find the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 with its 78 Success Criteria intimidating, and the myriad of usability standards and best practices out there confusing. When it comes to testing content for accessibility, the lack of familiarity with assistive technology and test tools and the inability to read and understand lines of code can deter many from even trying.

It takes time and effort to embed sustainable accessibility into an organisation. You cannot achieve this through disconnected activities like assessments or training (although these things have their place); sustainable accessibility needs a co-ordinated and evolving plan that encompasses every aspect of the organisation.

It takes time and effort to embed sustainable accessibility into an organisation, but the overall strategy can be distilled into a few key ideas. In this lightning talk, Léonie Watson looks briefly at those ideas and why they're important.