accessible.design

@assistivetech.bsky.social

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Grad Student in MS Assistive Tech and Human Services, work in #healthcare. #accessibility, #disability, #art, #gamedev, #UX, and sometimes #cats. He/him

Photo of bathroom door saying "Washroom", "Trans People Welcome", icons of person, wheelchair, and braille.
Banner image with text "5 Businesses & Non-Profits that support Inclusion & Accessibility Every Month." Image with "Celebrating Disability Pride Month" and two kids making heart stamps and crafts at a table. One may be in a wheelchair or support.
Photo of brown plastic game Mastermind. Shows hidden code of colored pegs. The player's view is trying different combinations of colors to try and match the secret. Black and white smaller peg give feedback on the guesses.
Museum sculpture of very large wooden table and chairs with people standing underneath. White, curved cubicle ceiling.
Photo of path with tree, flower petal sculputite, shiny metal walls, oak tree, blue sky with clouds
Photo of walkway between shiny, curved metal walls. Grooved textures near the wall allow people to sense they are approaching a barrier.
Photo of large, empty stadium, red seats, blue sky, field with American football markings.
Two cappuchinos from above. Each had a decorative flower pattern swirl.
Photo of museum building under construction. The building is shaped like a space ship with curves. Pathway with gravel on the sides. Light pole with. Blue sky with whisps of clouds.
Photo of brick sidewalk next to street, with 3 electric scooters that are left blocking the path.
Photo of a metal wheelchair ramp that has been added to path of concrete steps. A water fountain in the background and building with pyramid roof. Rose gardens on the sides. Clear blue sky.
Book cover, The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman. Shows a red shiny tea kettle with the pout incorrectly places on the same side as the handle. Steam emerges from the spout. A bright yellow background.
Screen of map app, accessmap.app, search bar, Seattle WA, Options for Wheelchair, Powered, Cane, a map of downtown, Speed at Incline %, zoom, and other navigation.
Photo of the side of house with a decorative mural. A blue sky background, two women touching hands. The left shaped by many generations of faces and constellations. The right formed by branches, leaves, and poppies. Their hands meet and touch in the middle, a plant growing in between their contact. Windows, a ramp, a wheelchair parking sign. Plants and parking lot on a sunny day.
Photo inside a building with high ceilings, columns, and large glass windows. A large, decorative compass design on the floor, sunlike cascading in. Overlooking cliffs, monterrey pines, and eucalyptis and the ocean.
Cup of coffee or tea. Cup is clear plastic with a wide handle and one side of the top lip is lowered to make drinking easier.
Slide entitled "The Games Accessibility Categories" Motor, Controls and Mobility. Hearing, Hard of Hearing, Deaf, and Auditory Processing. Vision, Sights, Colors, Light, and Displays. Cognitive, Thoughts, Memory, and Processing Speed. Speech, Voice Chat and Speech Recognition. And lots of overlap. Logo for NZGDC.
Orange tabby kitty with light green eyes. Sitting on a yellow and white bath towel, guarding her white string. A book "Miyazaki World, A Life in Art, by Susan Napier" is next to the cat, with a blue abd white sky cover in the shape of the anime director.
Photo of book cover, "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us" by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross. White text in background of multicolor brush strokes in feather-like patterns. On the book sits an orange, 3D printed greenhouse model framed building and small plant.
Diagram of a cup design. Heading reads "The final design has a plastic body and lid, wooden dowel and base with a steel weight and a rubber bottom. The form works functionally while considering the users" Diagram shows "Spill proof lid", "Rounded Rim, a curved outward rim that acts as a spout for east pouring and comfort when drinking", "Curbed waist helps grip while drinking", "Wooden base", "Metal weight bottom that improved tremor for Parkinson's" and a "Rubber" bottom.
Orange tabby kitty with green eyes, standing on the back edge of black computer desk. Cords and cables behind. Tissue box with pink flowers and green leaves. Multicolor file folders in container on the floor. Lamp, desk and binders in the background.
Cozy scene of a gray stone fireplace, with a maple wooden mantel, warmly burning, smoldering, pyramid stacked logs with bright high flames casting orange light and warmth. In front, a deep red, shiny reflective ceramic cup, filled with marshmallow-less homemade hot cocoa, sat down on the floor, wrapped lovingly around by a wool white blanket, with gray streaks. The hot, blazing fire, crackling behind.
Arcylic painting adapted from Van Gough. Skull of skeleton and top of arms and rib cage from partial side view. Skeleton is smoking a cigarette with smoke wafting from it. Black background.
Photo of tudor style castle-cottage house, brown roof, brown window trims, small tower spire. Green grass and driveway out front. Trees and bushes around the front and sides. Pathway to the back.
Book cover, entitled "The Accessibility Operations Guidebook", "To making accessibility work more sustainable" by Devon Persing. Green cover, white text. Series of process arrows at the bottom in red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and purple. Author's name has yellow drawn outline with folded corner.
Photo of metal wheelchair lift, outside of backdoor, on cobblestone sidewalk with leaves, next to stone wall, with white backdoor above.
Cartoon of Charlie Brown, wearing an iconic yellow and black zig zag shirt, talking to Snoopy the dog, with Charlie saying "In the Book of Life, the andwers aren't in the back."
Photo of orange tabby cat with green eyes and whiskers, staring up right into the camera, sitting on and blocking the toilet.
Photo of the first computer mouse prototype. A wooden box with a wheel underneath, a cord, and a red push button on top.
Excerpt from the book that reads: Another anonymous practitioner put it bluntly: What if the best thing we could do is just dismantle capitalism? Meanwhile, I’m like, “Yes, again, add alt text to your images, please.” It will have an impact, but I know the bigger problem is there, and I can’t do anything about it besides try to donate money or time or perspective.”
Photo inside La Sagrada church showing a mix of red, green, and orange colors mixing and streaming. High ceilings, nature inspired, twisting stone columns and rails.
Orange tabby cat sits cozily on green and white striped soft blanket, on a black high backed chair, with yellow cushion in front.
Digital HD magnifier screen and platform for low vision, on desk, showing image of students and title "User providing feedback to students & testing a protocol"
Photo of Mogwai doll, from the movie Gremlins, with larger Doby-like ears, and looking to the side, being held by a hand, with plant and room inside a house in the background.
Photo of a speech and language therapist helping and pointing to words on a computer screen for a patient who is looking at the screen.
Bathroom door with "Washroom", icon of person and wheelchair, and "Trans People Welcome" Braile text below the words.
Orange tabby cat sitting on legs under blanket, chairs, table, lamp light and computer monitor in the background.
Cartoon illustration with 4 panels. First panel, person wearing black and white shirt is drawing at a desk next to cyan window. Second panel two birds appear and they look up. Third panel the birds fly onwards and they draw again. Fourth panel zooms onto the paper to show a hand drawing the same person and scene.
Bathroom sign: "MEN WASHROOM" "Gender Diverse People Welcome" and black and white icons of toilet, wheelchair, baby, and arrow.
Screenshot of Monument Valley game with character with white hat, spherical head and dress, stands outside a door on an orange castle with stairs and going different directions, and crows with big eyes patrolling around.
Photo of inside of garage, with front of white car. Main focus is five shelves of about 100 shoes, well organized with boots, sneakers and flip flops neatly aligned.
Infographic. Title is "Inclusive Design vs. Universal Design vs. Accessible Design" Subtitle is "What is the main focus of each of these design approaches?" First image is a barrier with an arrow, saying "Inclusive Design: Reducing barriers to engagement for everyone". Second image is a balance scale with two people, "Universal Design: Designing for similarities that everyone shares." Third image is a wheelchair and gear icon "Accessible Design: Improving Access for people with disabilities" Fullstack Academy logo below and "Sources: Arounda, Bureau of Internet Accessibility, Divamy Design Labs"
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Profile picture in the center, of a person outdoors in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada, wearing tinted bifocal glasses, a faded blue Route 66 t-shirt, Totem pole behind, people in background on a mostly sunny day. Center picture surrounded by 48 circle photos of the great George Takei, smiling outside wearing collared shirt, trees behind and 1 circle with the profile of God. Text says "skircle.me" and "@skircle.bsky.social"
Two spice bottle openers as assistive tools to help with limited motor strength. Left one has foam handle, hook and is opening a yellow Dash spice bottle with a bump dot. The right opener has black ribbed handle with metal hook at top.
Hand holding an unpainted figurine of a gray, pirate chickadee bird, with a cap, pipe, sword, vest, standing on a black pedestal. Paint containers in the background.
Two American football players facing each other, about to hike the ball. The left is in black and white with X on helmet and shoulder. The right is white and blue with styled blue butterfly on helmet. Both under stadium lights. The word Hike in between.
Box set cover of DVDs of the TV show Manimal, The Complete Series. Pictures of cast members and main character face transforming in stages into a Jaguar.
Lego figures. Person with brown hair, dark glasses, red shirt and brown pants, walking pose, holding onto a mocha-brown guide dog with a yellow-green harness.
Two nfl football players facing across from each other, ready to hike footballs. Left player in gray and white with X on helmet. Right player in white and light blue with butterfly on helmet. Stadium lights and the word "HIKE" in the middle.
Animated black ink drawing of mischievous cat, glancing eyes, watching butterfly flap its wings over flowers on white paper. Two real ink pens lay next to the drawing.
Photo of person at podium, smiling, accepting award
Poster of StarBlazers, tv show, showing space battle ship of grey and red bottom with opening ship launcher in front, stars in background, with cast of characters below, including the captain.
Mobile game screen of a woman on a subway, wearing blue headphones, a progress bar about 1/4 filled. Below shows their screen with a picture of a dog and a like and forward button.
Black title card, red stripe, white text saying: Ethics are essential to ensure our technology serves humanity, and does not become a tool of power and greed.
Web form example with name, email, and message fields. The email section is highlighted and the message field says "Use :focus-within to help people better know where they are in a form"
Photo of Neil deGrasse Tyson in suit with gold tie, vest with golden suns and moons, and a star nebula behind
Photo of Lego heads with hearing aides. Caption about hearing aid design incorporared into sets and genders, but mostly in higher priced sets.
Holiday ornament of a white marble statue bust wearing sunglasses and blowing a pink chewing gum bubble
Orange tabby cat on carpet floor, wrestling with a bath towel.