RESOURCES
Whether you are just beginning to delve into the realm of inclusive technology or an expert, below are some resources that may help you along the way.
Inclusive book recommendations
CHRISTOPHER NOESSEL
Designing Agentive Technology:
AI That Works for People
“Agentive tech encourages you to take this long-term view and at least think about how it might be, knowing what you know now.”
LAURA KALBAG
Accessibility for Everyone
“The problem with creating products to suit only our needs is that, in the tech industry, we are largely people of similar ages, abilities, backgrounds, and education and financial statuses…To create more useful, usable products, we need to understand and care about differing needs.”
SARAH HORTON & WHITNEY QUESENBERY
A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences
“Accessibility starts from the way we think about our work, from first inspirations to well beyond launch”
KAT HOLMES
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
“An exclusion habit is the belief that whoever starts the game also sets the rules of the game. We think we don’t have power to change a game, so we abdicate our accountability. We keep repeating the same behaviors, over and over.”
Communicating the importance
of inclusive technology
THE PASTRY BOX PROJECT
An Alphabet of Accessibility Issues
SMASHING MAGAZINE
Equivalent Experiences: Thinking Equivalently
Tools
Building Accessible Color Palettes
Put any color combination into this resource, and see what combinations pass and fail digital accessibility standards. You can use this tool to either check your current colors or when building a new palette.
WAVE Evaluation Tool
WebAIM built a digital accessibility Chrome extension, to allow for anyone to check any site’s accessibility. The tool gives both visual and content feedback to aid in understanding any accessibility errors.