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What We Can Learn From Digital Outcasts @kelsmith @Future_Insights #FILIVE #a11y

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“Historically, accessibility has been perceived as an aFerthought – the final bullet point. Nice to have if we had the budget.”

~ Robin Christopherson Guardian UK

“Accessibility is ugly” “Accessibility is ugly”

“Accessibility is expensive” “Accessibility is expensive”

“Accessibility isn‘t marketable” “Accessibility isn‘t marketable”

“Accessibility isn’t innovaNve” “Accessibility isn’t innovaNve”

“Accessibility isn’t innova(ve”

“Designing for extreme environments leads to consumer innova(on.”

~ Rich Donovan Return on Disability and M-‐Enabling Summit

ADMIT IT – WE’VE ALL USED CAPTIONING AT SOME POINT.

~ Lisa Domican Creator of Grace App for Au?sm

“My daughter is capable of a that leaves your ears ringing.”

three hour tantrum

#capNonTHIS

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“Most frustra(ng is wai(ng for something that that may change our child's life.”

“Most frustra(ng is wai(ng for something that that may change our child's life.”

we know we won't ever have access to

~ ElectrocorNcographic (ECoG) Brain Implants Wadsworth Center Lab Albany, NY

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“Accessibility is about providing fundamental human services to benefit more people in more situa(ons.”

“Accessibility is about providing fundamental human services to benefit more people in more situa(ons.”

Understand the social model of exclusion

Focus on evolu(on, not constraints

Recognize competence as a con(nuum

Embrace the dialogue of affordance

Strive to achieve simplicity in design

Seek out “curb cuts” for inspira(on

Allow for a"ributes that cannot change

1 in 7 people worldwide have a disability

~ William Gibson Science Fic?on Author

“The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”

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