The further someone is removed from actually using a digital product, the less they understand its accessibility problems (even if they have the technical knowledge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, when analysing or testing accessibility in existing projects, a person who uses assistive technology daily understands the experience intimately. Someone who works with such users occasionally grasps some aspects. And someone unfamiliar with them is entirely in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disconnect is even bigger when we consider that people with different disabilities use assistive technology in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This also happens when creating a project. For example, someone working on the frontend of a project brings deeper knowledge of implementation and its implications than a project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your perception of accessibility degrades the further you distance yourself from use and development, because you miss more problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This explains why procurement and requirements definition are particularly difficult to address, as these decisions are made far from the actual use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Understanding accessibility requires direct exposure. See how the website operates in different browsers and conditions. Try to navigate using only the keyboard. Experience first-hand how screen readers work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If accessibility remains theoretical, or if we haven’t felt its friction firsthand, we build blindly. Even if we have the knowledge, we lack awareness of what we don’t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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