This really challenges the view that thinking about disabled users is catering to the needs of a small group of the population. Whereas in fact it is bringing benefits to the majority of the population (at some point in their lives).
This really challenges the view that thinking about disabled users is catering to the needs of a small group of the population. Whereas in fact it is bringing benefits to the majority of the population (at some point in their lives).
Disability is just the fine print.
I remember walking around in a city after a parent died, and the world seemed like an illusion.
Then I wonder if in a parallel universe I'm already dead.
Then I realize that if there are parallel universes there are probable countless times where I'm already dead.
Ever used your phone in the blazing sun, or rain? Had a partly shattered screen or tried to do something on the stone-age library computer? Searched for something with really slow or shaky connection? Tried to explain where to click via phone?
Suddenly all those accessibility features and "fail gracefully" come in really handy.
"We're all just temporarily abled."
is quite famous quote, as far as I traced attributed to Cindy Li.