Inclusive Design: more heart, more humans

Talk by Nicola du Toit (http://nicoladutoit.com/) and me on Inclusive Design.

A version of this talk was given at https://www.meetup.com/IO-Powwow/events/249633653/ and https://www.meetup.com/cape-town-testing-meetup/events/247813816/ .

Transcript

1. Inclusive Design: More ! , more humans
2. Most important thing: Think about disability as a spectrum, not a binary
3. Did anyone notice some weird posters on the wall? bit.ly/emplab301
4. Us looking at our stuff ! ➜ " ➜ #truestory
5. So we became… The Empathy Labradors Nicola du Toit - @sophdex Steve Barnett - @maxbarners
6. 1. Disability as a spectrum 2. The What and the Why 3. The How
8. Ability + Barrier = Disability
9. Time to move… ⚡"
10. Draw a ❤ Friend? Parent? Colleague?
11. Disability is a spectrum, not a binary
12. Examples of barriers
13. “The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” — Tim Berners-Lee
14. There are other spectrums we could consider too
15. 1. Disability as a spectrum 2. The What and the Why 3. The How
16. ❤ Inclusive Design is about designing for the diversity of our users
17. ❤ Accessibility is the specifics of the implementation WCAG, WAI-ARIA
18. ❤ Inclusive Design is about good usability
19. ❤ Inclusive Design is about quality software
20. Why should we care? What are the benefits of doing Inclusive Design?
21. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us be a superhero
22. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us avoid (expensive) fixes later (and possibly lawsuits)
23. ❤ Inclusive Design helps us get more humans, on more devices, under more conditions
24. 1. Disability as a spectrum 2. The What and the Why 3. The How
25. How do we do Inclusive Design? What do we test?
26. Test using no mouse, no trackpad
27. Test colour contrast
28. Test for plain language
29. "This sounds like a lot of work" !
30. “It doesn't have to be perfect, just a little bit better than yesterday" — Leonie Watson
31. Most important thing: Think about disability as a spectrum, not a binary
32. Now what? Thursday 17th May Global Accessibility Awareness Day
33. Now what? Tomorrow, 10am, 10 mins Test your stuff bit.ly/emplab-ten-at-ten
34. Pair up with someone Tell them: "I'm going to spend 10m testing my stuff tomorrow" ! or
35. Thanks! Questions? Nicola du Toit - @sophdex Steve Barnett - @maxbarners bit.ly/emplab-ten-at-ten