Accessibility 101 @ Webmontag Frankfurt Ignite, 2010-03-01

101Accessibility

Eric Eggert, yatil.de, Global Ignite Week (Frankfurt), 2010-03-01

(Almost.)

Everyone here is disabled.

(Or will be at some time.)

“People need not be limited by physical

handicaps as long as they are not disabled

in spirit.”

different input mechanisms

&different output

mechanisms

We don’t need special websites for people with special

requirements.

Accessible websites help everyone.

Have you ever forgotten to buy new batteries for

your mouse?

Designing for ourfuture selves.

14-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60+

0 25 50 75 100

19982008

Making great websites is fun.

The web enables people to do

things beyond their abilities.

Thank you!

Images•Slide 3 & 4: • http://epicwinftw.com/2010/01/29/stephen-hawking-lego/

•Slide 5: • Trackball: http://www.vowiki.at/index.php?title=Bild:Infogriptrackball.jpg• http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php

•Slide 7:• http://www.flickr.com/photos/karola/4017466586/in/photostream/ (Karola Riegler)• http://www.bizeps.or.at/oegsvideo.php?nr=9593 (ÖGS video still image)• http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html (TED video)• http://live.gnome.org/Orca (Orca screen reader)

•Slide 8: • http://www.flickr.com/photos/yatil/galleries/72157623414493993/ by @ScreenOrigami

•Slide 10:• http://failblog.org/2008/09/05/ramp-fail/ (Failblog)• http://accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org/1101.html (found at accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org)

Images

•Slide 11: • http://www.hauptbahnhof-wien.at/

•Slide 12 & 13:• http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html

•Slide 15: • http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

•Slide 20:• http://thereifixedit.com/2009/08/16/epic-kludge-photo-santas-towing-service/