designing for everyone

universal design for the web

let's not get to far ahead though

why does this matter?

types of disabilities we think of?

colorblind

8% men
0.5% women

do the test

http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm

Monochromacy

visual impairment

285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/

about 4%

reduced dexterity

but wait... we don't make physical things...

yeah.
we do.

take out your phones. demo time.

hearing impairment

Over 5% of the world’s population – 360 million people – has disabling hearing loss (328 million adults and 32 million children). Disabling hearing loss refers to hearing loss greater than 40 decibels (dB) in the better hearing ear in adults and a hearing loss greater than 30 dB in the better hearing ear in children.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs300/en/

universal design

Universal design (often inclusive design) refers to broad-spectrum ideas meant to produce buildings, products and environments that are inherently accessible to older people, people without disabilities, and people with disabilities.

bridge

examples

what does it sound like?

does this differentiate enough?

how do I get there with my keyboard?

how does this work on a touch device?

is there a text representation of this audio?