Everyone is Different!

Key Takeaways

everyone is different we live work play and interact in our own individual ways many of our experiences are influenced by our senses and our situations in the online world this means how we see hear move and think can vary greatly that thing you just did on that app someone does that in a completely different way when you're planning your next digital creation think about your audien's preferences and how vary those experiences may be don't cut someone out just because you haven't prepared for the way they might interact with your creation and most of all make it easy this is what being inclusive is about making sure that everyone gets to do what they want to in a way that suits them here are a few things to keep in mind some people may have 2020 Vision but some might find your at blurry or may see colors a bit differently from you or me some folks might need to bump up the text size a lot to read it and some people may not be able to see it all and will listen to content read out alloud to them by a screen reader so make sure you have enough contrast let your text really pop use a a bigger font make it easy to see and easy to change when needed and code it correctly so that it makes sense when a screen reader reads it aloud if you're using sound not everyone will hear it and some will want to turn it off so make sure you're providing an equivalent way to get the message across like a transcript captions or sign language we all move differently some of us can easily use a mouse or swipe on a touch screen but not all people navigate in the same way some people use the keyboard to go through everything linearly on a page others might use a head stick or an eye tracking machine to perform that same action some will need more time to get things done and for some people it might hurt to move so make it easy to get around your creation you should be able to use a keyboard as well as a mouse to perform any action not everyone will understand things easily or in the same way every brain is wired differently so some people process information faster or slower than others some people understand information better when they hear it compared to when they see it Others May find it difficult simply because your language is not their language and some people just might need more time to process information and act on it don't rush them write your content so that it's simple and clear make it as obvious as you can as creators of digital experiences our mission is to make sure our users can do what they need to do we're all different and we should respect those differences in ourselves and in others so plan for their success be inclusive that thing you're creating that you want them to use build it to help them be awesome they'll love you for [Music] it