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Web accessibility concerns aren’t limited to providing for users living with disabilities. There are a lot of other situations that might cause a user to access your content in ways you don’t expect.
Web accessibility concerns
aren't limited to providing for
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users living with disabilities.
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There are a lot of other situations
that might cause a user to
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access your content in
ways you don't expect.
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Let's take a moment to consider
some possible alternatives.
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You never know what your user is
experiencing outside of your application.
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Or how it affects the way
they interact with it.
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They might have a temporary illness or
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injury that affects how
they access your app.
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A person on crutches or
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a parent pushing a stroller might only be
able to spare one hand to use a phone.
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The color combination you chose might
work well on a large screen indoors, but
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be more difficult to see when a user is
outside dealing with glare from the sun.
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This leads into thinking about how
making accessibility a priority
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can benefit all users.
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The classic example is curb cuts.
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They were made to allow people using
wheelchairs to safely move to and
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from sidewalks, but
benefit shoppers with carts,
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parents with strollers, lifters who
are sore from the gym, and so many others.
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As we move forward through this course,
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make sure you're keeping all
of these people in mind.
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You've done a great job
taking everything in so far.
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We've defined some goals for
building accessible apps,
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gotten started learning to use several
different assistive technologies, and
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stopped to consider how our
perception of our users
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might be limited by a preconceived
notions about disability.
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And we are just getting started.
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Finish up this stage with a quick quiz,
and I'll see you in the next video,
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where we'll begin talking through
the accessibility standards.
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