In this talk, Paul Lumsdaine gives an overview of his journey into accessibility work and how he incorporates it into his work as a user experience designer.

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Links from the deck:

• The Anti-Ableist Manifesto - Tiffany Yu
• Giving a Damn About Accessibility - Sheri Byrne-Haber
• Ruined by Design - Mike Monteiro
• Design for Cognitive Bias - David Dylan Thomas
• Accessibility for Everyone - Laura Kalbag
• Inclusive Design Patterns - Heydon Pickering
• Stories are Weapons - Annalee Newitz
• Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit

Synopsis: Accessibility and design have not always been best friends. One could argue that over the years intentional decisions made by designers and developers have made the web less accessible. Let's change that! We can come together to make the web more accessible and better designed for everyone.