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Accessibility ensures that digital products,
websites, applications, services
and other interactive interfaces
are designed and developed to be easy
to use and understand by people with disabilities.
1.85 billion folks around the world
who live with a disability
or might live with more than one
and are navigating the world
through assistive technology
or other augmentations
to kind of assist with that
with your interactions
with the world around you.
Meaning folks
who live with disability,
but also their caretakers,

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their loved ones, their friends.
All of this
relates to the purchasing power
of this community.
Disability isn't a stagnant thing.
We all have our life cycle.
As you age, things change,
your eyesight adjusts.
All of these relate to disability.
Designing accessibility
is also designing for your future self.
People with disabilities
want beautiful designs as well.
They want a slick interface.
They want it to be smooth
and an enjoyable experience.
And so if you feel like

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your design has gotten worse
after you've included accessibility,
it's time to start actually iterating and think,
How do I actually make this an enjoyable interface
to interact with
while also making sure it's sets expectations
and it actually gives people
the amount of information they need.
And in a way that they can digest it
just as everyone else
wants to digest that information
for screen reader users
a lot of it boils down to making sure
you're always labeling

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your interactive elements,
whether it be buttons, links,
slider components.
Just making sure
that you're giving enough information
that people know how to interact with your website,
with your design,
with whatever that interaction looks like.
Also, dark mode
is something that came out of this community.
So if you're someone who leverages
that quite frequently.
Font is a huge kind of aspect
to think about in your design.
A thin font that meets color contrast

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can still be a really poor readability experience
because of that pixelation aspect or
because of how your eye
actually perceives the text.
What are some tangible things
you can start doing to help this user group?
Create inclusive and user-friendly
experiences for all individuals.