User Personas as an Inclusive Design Tool

A presentation at DrupalCon Seattle in in Seattle, WA, USA by Carie Fisher

User Personas as an Inclusive Design Tool

User Personas as an Inclusive Design Tool

Carie Fisher

Carie Fisher

Helena McCabe

Helena McCabe

Outline

Outline

Background

Background

CDC chart on types of disabilities

CDC chart on types of disabilities

WCAG Guidelines

WCAG Guidelines

PERCEIVABLE

PERCEIVABLE

OPERABLE

OPERABLE

UNDERSTANDABLE

UNDERSTANDABLE

ROBUST

ROBUST

Fast Fact

Fast Fact

Inclusive Design & Development

Inclusive Design & Development

Choosing an Inclusive Font

Choosing an Inclusive Font

Thinking About Color & Contrast

Thinking About Color & Contrast

Demo!

Demo!

Personas

Personas

Personas ARE/ARE NOT

Personas ARE/ARE NOT

Isaiah Smith

Isaiah Smith

Demo!

Demo!

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Farrah Ali

Farrah Ali

Fast Fact:

Fast Fact:

Demo!

Demo!

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Owen O'Connor

Owen O'Connor

Fast Fact:

Fast Fact:

Demo!

Demo!

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Eddie Moss

Eddie Moss

Demo!

Demo!

Bad example

Bad example

Good example

Good example

Please never do this.

Please never do this.

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor

Demo!

Demo!

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Camila Garcia

Camila Garcia

Fast Fact:

Fast Fact:

Demo!

Demo!

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Raymond Kiet

Raymond Kiet

Demo!

Demo!

How do you resolve this?

How do you resolve this?

Takeaways

Takeaways

Persona Recap

Persona Recap

Who should you focus on during the Mockup/Sketch phase?

Who should you focus on during the Mockup/Sketch phase?

Who should you focus on during the Mockup/Sketch phase?

Who should you focus on during the Mockup/Sketch phase?

Who should you focus on during the Prototype Code phase?

Who should you focus on during the Prototype Code phase?

Who should you focus on during the Prototype Code phase?

Who should you focus on during the Prototype Code phase?

Who should you focus on during the Content/Copy phase?

Who should you focus on during the Content/Copy phase?

Who should you focus on during the Content/Copy phase?

Who should you focus on during the Content/Copy phase?

Who should you focus on during the Production phase?

Who should you focus on during the Production phase?

Who should you focus on during the Production phase?

Who should you focus on during the Production phase?

Posters for designers

Posters for designers

Resources

Resources

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!

In this interactive experience, we will help build empathy and understanding about people with disabilities (PWD). We will start off by talking about how people with disabilities use the internet and how we can make websites and apps more inclusive. Once you’re briefed on the ABC’s of accessibility, we’ll delve a little deeper into different personas within the disability community with hands-on activities. You will learn how digital accessibility relates to the specific needs of each persona and how to build understanding into your own workflow.

Whether you’re a seasoned accessibility pro or you’ve never heard of it before, technical or non-technical, you’ll be able to follow along, participate, and gain valuable new knowledge and insight about how to make your digital offerings more inclusive through personas.

Attendees will leave this session with:

  • A greater understanding of the specific needs of people with disabilities online
  • How to build inclusiveness into your personas
  • Links to valuable tools and resources to use in your own projects

Video

Resources

The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information.

  • A11y Resources

    All resources from the talk can be found on this page.