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Accessibility ensures that digital products,

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websites, applications, services

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and other interactive interfaces

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are designed and developed to be easy

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to use and understand by people with disabilities.

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1.85 billion folks around the world

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who live with a disability

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or might live with more than one

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and are navigating the world

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through assistive technology

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or other augmentations

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to kind of assist with that

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with your interactions

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with the world around you.

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Meaning folks

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who live with disability,

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but also their caretakers,

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their loved ones, their friends.

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All of this

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relates to the purchasing power

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of this community.

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Disability isn't a stagnant thing.

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We all have our life cycle.

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As you age, things change,

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your eyesight adjusts.

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All of these relate to disability.

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Designing accessibility

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is also designing for your future self.

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People with disabilities

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want beautiful designs as well.

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They want a slick interface.

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They want it to be smooth

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and an enjoyable experience.

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And so if you feel like

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your design has gotten worse

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after you've included accessibility,

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it's time to start actually iterating and think,

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How do I actually make this an enjoyable interface

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to interact with

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while also making sure it's sets expectations

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and it actually gives people

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the amount of information they need.

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And in a way that they can digest it

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just as everyone else

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wants to digest that information

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for screen reader users

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a lot of it boils down to making sure

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you're always labeling

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your interactive elements,

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whether it be buttons, links,

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slider components.

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Just making sure

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that you're giving enough information

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that people know how to interact with your website,

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with your design,

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with whatever that interaction looks like.

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Also, dark mode

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is something that came out of this community.

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So if you're someone who leverages

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that quite frequently.

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Font is a huge kind of aspect

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to think about in your design.

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A thin font that meets color contrast

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can still be a really poor readability experience

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because of that pixelation aspect or

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because of how your eye

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actually perceives the text.

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What are some tangible things

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you can start doing to help this user group?

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Create inclusive and user-friendly

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experiences for all individuals.