Why I wanted to learn coding as a UX designer
Knowing how to code is a recommended add-on for every UI designer. However, it takes a lot of extra effort to learn a bonus skill that’s nice to have but not required for your day job. In this piece, I tell you what exactly motivated me to learn coding.
Why fulfilling the WCAG is not enough
The European Accessibility Act is based on the WCAG 2.2 and EN 301549, but Accessibility is not a checklist. Accessibility is the road that leads to a more inclusive society. You don’t need to check all the checkboxes to make your service accessible, but you do need to use your brain for it!
Define Project
Define stands for Digital Equipment For Inclusive Empowerment. The mission behind it is not only to bring low-cost assistive tech to the market but also to improve digital literacy in the process.
The Define Project takes a hands-on approach to the whole process. Over the course of one year, they workshopped a DIY kit for 3D printing the MetaBraille Keyboard. People with low vision and other disabilities were involved in the design process, in order to make both the DIY kit and the MakerSpaces more inclusive.
deaf-blindness
“Deafblindness is an invisible disability because there is no way we can know how a person perceives the world unless we ask.” - Dr Leda Kamenopoulou, Associate Professor at UCL
blind, visually impaired, or low sighted?
In Austria, legal blindness is defined by visual acuity, but a diagnosis such as 2% vision can look different from person to person. Not everyone who qualifies as legally blind also identifies as such.
Vulnerable Customers
Did you know that an estimated 300,000 people in Austria have no or limited knowledge of German? And out of those, to 56% it’s more important to be able to communicate in their first language than getting the best bargain. On top of that, 7.1% of 16 to 65-year-olds have quite low reading competencies.
Language barriers are not just between different languages.