Accessibility as a Design Tool
What You’ll Learn
- Integrate accessibility into your process
- Identify design problems earlier
- Look to the extremes for your design
- Encourage a frictionless flow
Expert: Derek Featherstone
Derek Featherstone is an internationally known speaker and authority on accessibility and inclusive design. He has been working on the web since 1999, starting as a web developer. He migrated to the field of accessibility and quickly discovered the need to move thinking about accessibility and inclusion into the design process. He founded and led an international team of accessibility and usability experts that was recently acquired by Level Access, where Derek is now the Chief Experience Officer – focused on ensuring that accessibility and inclusion are seen as an integral part of user experience and service design, rather than as a simple checklist afterthought. He continues to work with high profile clients to ensure they are crafting and facilitating great user experiences for everyone, including people with disabilities.