Our next speaker is Charlii Parker from @Intopia
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The Why, When and How of including people with disability in the design process
#UXA2021 #uxaustralia
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The Why, When and How of including people with disability in the design process
#UXA2021 #uxaustralia
Why do we need to consider accessibility when designing and creating?
About as motivating as your parents telling you to eat your vegetables.
About as motivating as your parents telling you to eat your vegetables.
When Charlii asks "What drives design" she usually gets these answers.
We don't tend to care about people with disabilities when we're designing.
They want a satisfying experience just like everyone else.
We don't tend to care about people with disabilities when we're designing.
They want a satisfying experience just like everyone else.
When you include disabled folx in your design process you get better outcomes
So when do you include people in the design process?
Usually right at the end of the process, then they reach out to Intopia, and Intopia tells them everything that needs to be fixed before they can release — and then they start asking "do disabled people even use our product"🙃
Usually right at the end of the process, then they reach out to Intopia, and Intopia tells them everything that needs to be fixed before they can release — and then they start asking "do disabled people even use our product"🙃
Accessibility needs to be thought about from the inception of your product.
The cost of fixing issues increases during the project lifecycle.
The cost of fixing issues increases during the project lifecycle.
When you start considering your personas or segments begin considering your access contexts.
People aren't defined by their disability, it's a context and usually an environmental mis match.
People aren't defined by their disability, it's a context and usually an environmental mis match.
There is no substitute for speaking in person to people with lived experience of disability.
With designs and wireframes, groups with low vision, various cognitive or dexterity levels can be incredibly insightful before you've actually started building anything
Doing user testing with different assistive technologies can be enlightening — screen readers, magnifiers, audio, visual and auslaners.
How!
Build relationship with disability organisations
Include people with disability in your regular test cycle
Understand disability etiquette
Include a simple and accessible feedback mechanism
Build relationship with disability organisations
Include people with disability in your regular test cycle
Understand disability etiquette
Include a simple and accessible feedback mechanism
What to do in a session
Allow more time
Allow users to bring their own devices
Have an assistive technology specialist
Consider testing in their own environment
Consider how users get to your session
Pay your users for their time and travel!
Allow more time
Allow users to bring their own devices
Have an assistive technology specialist
Consider testing in their own environment
Consider how users get to your session
Pay your users for their time and travel!
Pay people in CASH
Giftcards aren't always accessible
Giftcards aren't always accessible
To wrap up!
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