I had the honour of taking part in a panel session discussing How Does Accessibility Fit into Today’s Usability Practice? at the Usability Professionals’ Association Conference (UPA 2010) in Munich last week. The session was organised by Shawn Henry of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and provided an opportunity to debate the challenges of promoting and supporting accessible ICT design within a wider usability context. A number of interesting discussion points emerged – here are my reflections on the panel session.
May 31, 2010
The role of accessibility in the usability profession today – and tomorrow
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January 21, 2010
Accessibility for Architects, Accessibility for Web designers
Posted by David Sloan under Accessibility and Usability | Tags: accessibility, advocacy, aesthetics, built-environment, design |Leave a Comment
Often, when working to promote accessibility of the digital environment, we look to the physical environment for comparisons and analogies. A PhD study at the School of Architecture here in Dundee has made me realise just how many parallels there are in the challenge of raising the profile of accessibility both amongst architects and amongst web and software developers.
