[Content warning: Medical gaslighting.]
I had a hospital appointment last week, and as the consultant was lazily scrolling through my notes, one phrase stuck out for me: “I refer to you this pleasant 39-year-old”. It was chilling.
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Replicating the job of an in-person activity doesn’t mean you have to make it look exactly the same. Here’s how I used Google docs instead of Miro to brainstorm, affinity map, dot vote, and storyboard ideas at a community workshop.
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Last week, UX Glasgow meetup had a 2 hour session on accessibility, and I gave a 25 minute talk on Content Accessibility. Watch the video, or read the transcript.
By applying some Universal Design principles to your workshop or event, you can create an experience where everybody feels comfortable.
I’ve just begun work at a startup as their Content & Accessibility Strategist. So… what does that actually mean?
Words matter, and they can hurt. Here are some ways to make your language more inclusive of disabled people.
If you’re ignoring part time applicants, you’re disproportionately ignoring women and disabled people, and the skills they bring.
Lefthandedness, with its sinister history, can teach us a lot about disability acceptance and accommodations.
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Being in pain – physical or emotional – affects our cognitive capacity. We can all learn lessons from the pandemic to bring into content design work.
Making content inclusive can involve hard work and compromise. Don’t disable your users for your own convenience.
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