Accessibility Flashcards
(12 cards)
What is accessibility?
Can be easily used or accessed by people with disabilities, designed in such a way to try and accommodate all potential users.
What is the social model of disability?
Disability is caused by the way society is organised. It seeks to remove the barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people, helping to develop more inclusive ways of living.
What is the medical model of disability?
People are disabled by their impairments or differences. Looks at what is “wrong” with the person and not their needs. Can create negative expectations and outcomes for disabled people.
What are the W5H?
- Who is using your product?
- What are they doing?
- Where are they doing it?
- When are they doing it?
- Why are they doing it?
- How are they doing it?
What is digital accessibility?
Designing and building websites and apps that disabled people can interact with in meaningful and equivalent ways.
Name one web accessibility standard
WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines by W3 org.
What are Nielsen’s usability characteristics?
- Learnability
- Efficiency
- Memorability
- Errors
- Satisfaction
What are the core components of web accessibility?
- Perceive
- Operate
- Understand
- Robust
Explain what it means to be perceivable in the context of web accessibility
Users must be able to perceive all essential information on the screen and it must be conveyed for multiple senses. Do not just rely on icons (screen readers) or text.
Explain what it means to be operable in the context of web accessibility
Users must be able to operate the interface of the product. It must not require any interaction that the user is unable to perform. Make sure sites are keyboard-navigable, tab indexing is available, and there is support for touch interfaces.
Explain what it means to be understandable in the context of web accessibility
Users must be able to understand the information on screen and the operation of the user interface. Make sure the order of the page makes sense to sighted users, screen readers, phones etc. Make sure content is clearly written. Ensure error messages are not obtuse.
Explain what it means to be robust in the context of web accessibility
Supporting assistive technology and ensuring that your product remains accessible and devices and browsers evolve. Make sure to support or provide fallbacks for older browsers, provide the ability for the product to be used at different breakpoints and orientations and support a range of assisted technologies.