A11y Cat: digital accessibility resources

In Part 2 of the series, Hannah Milan reviews in detail various accessible text over images techniques for designing your web and mobile app content, including framing the image, soft-colored gradients technique, text styles and text position, solid color shapes, and use of colored backgrounds. And finally, the emphasis will once again be placed on the accessibility aspect, which needs to be “baked in” right from the start rather than being an afterthought in your design process.

With an estimated one in every eight individuals worldwide surpassing the age of 60, who are actively adopting online shopping, the need for user-friendly interfaces tailored to their needs becomes apparent. Explore the guidelines to help you design inclusive products for all, particularly for an older audience and your future self.

If you’re working on a Design System, you want to create a library of code and visual assets that you can create once, edit in one place…

Learn how to create an accessible experience with the POUR principles.

Seven easy-to-implement guidelines to design a more accessible web ❤️

by Maeva Cecchi and Marina Castejon

Things we’re doing (and aiming for) at Shopify

Part 1: UI components

Based on a webinar by AbilityNet, this factsheet offers tips on dementia-friendly website and digital design. You will find practical tips on co-designing with people who have dementia and tips for

To begin designing for diversity, consider whether the designs you are creating fully value, reflect and include all types of people. We'll show you how.

Henny Swan presents for the 2022 Web Accessibility in Mind Conference hosted by WebAIM and Pope Tech.

The art of designing and creating content to support people with cognitive disabilities lives in the space between usability and accessibility. This presenta...

We often forget that some people struggle with numbers, which can make our services really hard to use. But, there are things you can do to make your services more accessible.

Product design principles that will improve usability for everyone.

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A little question is a big deal when it comes to shaping people’s experience with your product. How do we ask people for their gender in a…

For millions of people with vertigo and inner ear problems, large-scale web animations can trigger nausea, migraines, and dizziness. To make websites accessible for everyone, we don’t need to elimi…

Low numeracy affects half of adults in the UK. Many live with the limitations of not understanding numbers and the impact that has on everyday life.

A practitioner's guide to the basic principles of creating sound effects using easily accessed free software.Designing Sound teaches students and professiona...

A toast is a non-modal dialog that appears and disappears in the span of a few seconds. It may also optionally have a small close “X”…

While the science behind color blindness is pretty complex, the gist of it is that color blind people have difficulty seeing color clearly or differentiating between some colors. With this in mind, in this article, we’ll share some tips on how you can improve your site’s accessibility and the experience it delivers for color blind people.

Thanks to the wide support of the prefers-reduced-motion-media feature, we now have more advanced ways to design motion that can be creative and innovative while also being safer for those with motion sensitivities.

A collection of free-to-download images of Desi people, representing the community as it is: modern, diverse and breaking down barriers.

How do you approach creating apps for everyone? Learn from developers who are blind or deaf themselves as they discuss the process of...

Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

This book will show you how easy it is to use Apple's tools for creating accessible apps. Developers aiming for a global audience need to cover a series of requisites for their apps, and one of them is to make them inclusive and accessible for anyone to use.