Accessibility: Myths and Delusions
Accessibility: Myths and Delusions
Jun 12, 2015
What are the common misunderstandings that exist about making accessible websites, and what are the lies we tell ourselves?
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Accessibility:Myths and Delusions
What is accessibility?
Mythsand
Delusions
Myth:It's just about blind
people, right?
Myth: It's just about blind people
Yes, the blind...
Myth: It's just about blind people
Visually disabled
Myth: It's just about blind people
Visually disabled
Myth: It's just about blind people
Myth: It's just about blind people
Myth: It's just about blind people
Hearing disabled
Myth: It's just about blind people
Physically disabled
Myth: It's just about blind people
Cognitively disabled
Delusion:I don't have any disabled
users
The numbers
Visually disabled – 7.9 million 7% color blind Blind (one or both eyes) – 8.3 million Arthritis – 50 million 36 million – Hearing loss Dyslexia – 40 million AD/HD – 9 million
Delusion: I don't have any disabled users
Myth:It's just the US, right?
Myth: It's just the US
Myth: It's just the US
Delusion:I can't afford it!
Myth:There's a checklist, right?
Myth:There's a checklist, right?
Myth: There's a checklist, right?
Accessibility is usability for a group of users who have additional needs
Delusion:Technology has solved
this issue
Myth:Flash is totally accessible
Myth: Flash is totally accessible
Myth: Flash is totally accessible
Delusion:Disabled people are
experts at being disabled
Delusion: Disabled people are experts at being disabled
Delusion: Disabled people are experts at being disabled
Myth:You can't make iOS /
Android apps accessible
Myth:You can't make iOS /
Android apps accessible
Myth:I can't test for
accessibility. JAWS is expensive.
Myth: I can't test. JAWS is expensive.
Delusion:We'll fix it later!
Myth:It only benefits disabled
people
Myth:It only benefits disabled
people
Delusion:I'll never need it
Delusion: I'll never need it
Delusion: I'll never need it
Delusion: I'll never need it
More resources
Accessibility Handbook (my book)Pro HTML5 Accessibility (Joshue O'Connor)accessibility.psu.eduwebguide.gov.au/accessibility-usability/accessibility
w3.org/TR/WCAG20vischeck.orgnvaccess.org
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