Put a pair of glasses on it!

Accessibility and Me...

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Me...• Reduced visual acuity from 20/60 to

20/400

• Nystagmus - involuntary back-and-

forth movement of the eyes

• Astigmatism

• Strabismus - crossed eyes or "lazy" eye

• Sensitivity to bright light and glare

• 2D vision / monocular vision

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Making Assumptions...

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Making Assumptions...

• We all make assumptions and there is nothing wrong

with that.

• However, we are only as good as our tools…

(experiences and knowledge)

• Bryn! she’s Dyslexic, not blind!

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Personal Preference

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Does this work…? Does this work…? Does this work…? Does this work…?

How about this…? How about this…? How about this…? How about this…?

This looks good… This looks good… This looks good… This looks good…

That’s more like it!

Assistive Technology

Standard Images Disabled

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Assumptions about Me!

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Why don’t you wear glasses???

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Website Accessibility is not about putting

a pair of glasses on it…

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Glasses, the quick fix!Glasses do not make content ‘easier’ to read, they just make it bigger.

• Dyslexia, text in images and word patterns.

Glasses do not make navigation more intuitive / navigable…

• The visually impaired and the Blind remember where things are

and when things are not in their place they struggle.

Glasses do not adjust contrast levels

• Light blue on dark blue, colour blindness, etc.

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There is way more to Accessibility

than glasses…

• Glasses are great for certain things but they are only useful for

correcting one condition at a time.

• If you like me have more than one condition or a condition that

is not correctable by glasses, what are you meant to do?

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Web Accessibility is about understanding

your users in order to…

• Create and Present, clear, content that

is relevant and equally accessible to all.

• Create fluid, responsive designs that

make sense and can adjust to different

situations, devices, screen resolutions,

etc.

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Personal Accessibility Top Tips

• A fluid consistent design that I can zoom in and out to.

• Clear fonts, no image fonts, or text in images.

• High contrast text.

• Bite size blocks of text.

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Web Accessibility is about creating a roadmap

that we can all understand and use to get to

where we want to go.

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