Accessibility resources for UX designers
Accessibility is for everyone. Following best practises doesn’t just mean that people living with a disability can use your product — good…
Accessibility is for everyone. Following best practises doesn’t just mean that people living with a disability can use your product — good accessibility is also useful for lots of other people. Maybe they’re in a poorly lit space, or are carrying a baby, or using just one hand while they’re standing up on the bus. Here are some resources I use regularly.
Colour blindness
Sim Daltonism on the Mac App Store
A free mac app that allows you to see anything on your screen the way someone affected by different types of colour blindness would. Very helpful for checking your designs are communicating the same information to everyone, regardless of their perception of colour.
http://www.aremycoloursaccessible.com/
Engineering
Teach Access Portal
Learn best practices for making accessible mobile and web apps.teachaccess.github.io
Polaris (by Spotify) on Alt text
Alternative text helps people with low or loss of vision use products.polaris.shopify.com
Designing accessible products
A comprehensive visual guide to making web technology available to a diverse world.uxdesign.cc
React / Single Page Apps
Facebook outfits React with Accessibility API
Facebook is fitting its React JavaScript library and the accompanying React Native mobile framework with an API to…www.infoworld.com
Making React Native apps accessible
With the recent launch of React on web and React Native on mobile, we've provided a new front-end framework for…code.facebook.com
reactjs/react-a11y
react-a11y - Identifies accessibility issues in your React.js elementsgithub.com