Designing for Accessibility
About This Guide
Although this guide is primarily about making accessible web sites, the principles can be applied broadly.
Whatever you are making and designing, think about accessibility from the start. It should not be an afterthought.
About Me
Equality
- Treat everyone the same way
- Some users may encounter obstacles
Accommodation
- Help people overcome these obstacles
- Equity
Accessibility
- Anticipate obstacles
- Remove barriers
Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that everyone can use them.
More specifically, people can:
- perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web
- contribute to the Web
Image: "Equality, Accommodation and Accessibility in Education" published in Forward with FLEXibility by Alise de Bie & Kate Brown, McMaster University, 2017. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This image is based on a popular meme about equality.
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