6 Quick Accessibility Design Considerations to Bake Right In

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6 Quick Accessibility Design Considerations to Bake Right In

By Lisa Plotnick

Published January 28, 2021

A primary goal of accessibility, and universal design more broadly, is to offer an equivalent experience to as many users as possible. By addressing equitable use, flexibility in use, perceptible information, simplicity, and other factors, you have the potential and power to maximize your reach while helping to ensure everyone gets a consistent message — regardless of their individual accessibility needs.

When working to create a greater and more accessible product, as with any undertaking, timing is everything. The design stage is an ideal time to address several accessibility factors that will have a big impact later.

Don’t sprinkle accessibility on top. Bake it right in.

1. Simple and intuitive layout

An uncluttered and predictable layout isn’t just an accessibility issue — it helps facilitate a good user experience (UX) in general. Stated another way, maybe an easy-to-use layout helps drive home the point that there isn’t an arbitrary line drawn, with people accessibility benefits on one side and [...]

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