Stéphanie Walter

Pushing accessibility with design documentation

Accessibility is unfortunately still an afterthought on many projects. User interaction and accessibility requirements are poorly documented, at best. Or forgotten, when handing over designs to developer teams. Companies launch inaccessible tools, services and products. And, we hope that, eventually, someone, often some developer, will fix it. But, fixing it later costs a lot more than building it right to begin with.
Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. A lot of accessibility issues can be detected and avoided already in the design phase. Great design documentation helps teams implement accessibility requirements the right way.

I will tell you why, what and how designers can document different aspects of accessibility and user interactions, to build better, more inclusive products. Let’s take accessibility into account earlier in the process, so that it’s not an afterthought anymore!