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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6d

Business leader: Our user persona? Well we don't want to constrain our customer base, this product is for everyone

Designer: That's great! Let's talk about accessibility

Business leader: Oh, I didn't mean it like *that*

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much Jack! I'll try find a way of working custard in next time 💭

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

Cheers @catcutmore.bsky.social 💖 Camp Digital is the best! Love the variety, quality and creativity of the talks and speakers.

It's awesome and I really appreciate the amazing archive! 🙌 Also impressed how well hybrid has been executed, no mean feat!

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much!! 😃

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Shaun Conner @sconner.net · 12d

I loved working with Priyanca, and I truly miss her being part of my team. She's brilliant, and this talk is brilliant. You should watch it.

Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Friday!

If you'd like to listen to a talk on considering intersectionality and compounding barriers when we think about accessibility, the recording is now on YouTube!

Thank you @contentdesign.london @tomyoull.bsky.social @niacampbell.bsky.social @adrianortega.bsky.social for having me! 💖

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

Aww thank you so much Shaun, this means a lot, miss you and the team! 🤗

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

When @ames.world and I spoke at SDinGov we wanted to open up about the realities of actually being in a 'Discovery' team in government.

It's useful to learn from real life examples and experiences which are not glossed over. Understand and tackle the constraints and challenges faced by real teams.

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

You can listen to it on double speed!

I enjoy listening to recordings of conference talks.

The Camp Digital archive is a treasure trove of brilliant talks. Likewise SDinGov!

It's amazing that thoughtfully crafted content is available and open to everyone 🙌

Save the date! Camp Digital is back : Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Illuminating talks and bright ideas on design and digital.

www.nexerdigital.com

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Friday!

If you'd like to listen to a talk on considering intersectionality and compounding barriers when we think about accessibility, the recording is now on YouTube!

Thank you @contentdesign.london @tomyoull.bsky.social @niacampbell.bsky.social @adrianortega.bsky.social for having me! 💖

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 14d

If we assume that people can't do something at all, it's likely to make the 'standard' experience less accessible.

You want participation to feel natural.

If you have to go on a completely different journey because of the barriers, it becomes another thing which separates you from other people.

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 14d

The excerpt is from Being Heumann by Judith Heumann.

One of the concepts that came across in the book was that disability rights and accessibility are often not considered or thought about as part of wider human rights or civil rights.

Even with people who work
in human rights every day.

Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 14d

It's important to imagine how a disabled person might be able to participate or do something independently/preserve their autonomy.

Privacy & autonomy are often taken away from people with access needs. Baked in assumptions can reinforce this.

How do we preserve autonomy and dignity in design?

Excerpt from Being Heumann by Judith Heumann

Our peers from Europe complained about how their barriers were seen as purely medical, rather than an issue of human or civil rights.

The basic question was about autonomy. Disabled people wanted to be able to live where they wished, get up and eat when they wished, and hire the personal assistants who helped them, provided they complied with laws regarding workers' rights and benefits, of course. When these supports were run from a medical approach they didn't necessarily support a person's ability to be autonomous, which is why our concept of independent living was so important and starting to permeate other countries' thinking.

We started getting grants to compare state policies policies of specific European countries, developed an internship

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Ian Ames @ames.world · 25d

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 20d

Oh wow! Congrats to all of you!! 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social · 20d

Today is an exciting day!

Give us a follow over @transform.wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Cyffrous!

Transform Wales @transform.wales · 20d

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Test print of our book arrived today.
Watch this space…

A bright yellow book cover with bold black type. The book is titled: Transforming public services for a modern Wales by Ann Kempster, Dafydd Vaughan, Jo Carter and Nia Campbell.

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 22d

Wow!

Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 28

On another level, I feel like disabled people have already jumped through loads of hoops and barriers to get into these spaces. Education is less accessible, ableism, access to support..

Then, you encounter the assumption that disabled people don't exist in these 'highly skilled' professions.

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 28

It resonated with me so much!

Times where a virtual whiteboard has been made and you think this is unnecessary for this context, why don't we just use a structured document?

It can be really awkward to navigate these boards especially if they've not been structured, can be way more time consuming

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 28

Consider the experience if you listened to the content via a screen reader or text reader.

Would it make sense?

Does the meaning change if the text is read in a different order?

Is it even structured in a way that enables people to consume and understand the info via a screen reader?

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 28

Read this ace blog by @madebymarian.bsky.social

Ironic if we are aiming to design inclusive experiences but don't apply this thinking to how we work within our teams, what tools are used.

Could I use this tool keyboard only (no mouse)?

"Could that whiteboarding session have been a document?"

Gatekeeping by assumption: accidental ableism in design :: Content Design Ireland

For years designers have known that what we design should be accessible. But what about how we design it? Shouldn’t that be accessible, too?

www.contentdesignireland.ie

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thinking of @vickytnz.bsky.social you are missed 🥹 aiming to remember happier times. Reflecting on what a kind and amazing person Vicky was ❤️ a brilliant, fun, generous good egg

Looking through photos, her writings and letterbox reviews and all the lovely tributes

Thoughts gallery : Vicky Teinaki's Tribute

Vicky Teinaki's Tribute thoughts gallery

vickyteinaki.muchloved.com

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nice clock! Where can you get one? I also like a silent clock haha

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wow! Find the detail so impressive 👏 hope you feel better soon! 💝

Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 27

It rained heavily. I love how the raindrops glitter on the leaves in the forest. Something quite transient and special seeing fresh raindrops on leaves

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · Aug 27

Light green leaves

A photo of two Japanese maple leaves with the light shining through illuminating the light green shape. You can see sunshine and blue sky in the background and other green leaves of trees

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