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What is Accessibility? | Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)

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What is Accessibility? Accessibility is the concept of whether a product or service can be used by everyone—however they encounter it. Accessibility laws exist to aid people with disa...

Accessibility is the concept of whether a product or service can be used by everyone, regardless of how they encounter it. Accessibility laws exist to aid people with disabilities, but designers should try to accommodate all potential users in many contexts of use . To do so has firm benefits—notably better designs for all. Transcript Transcript loading ... A11Y—Accessibility’s Other Name A11Y is the abbreviation—a numeronym, to be exact—for accessibility, where “11” represents the number of letters between the letters A and Y. Often, people in the design field use the shorthand on social medi

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