Designing for accessibility is designing for everyone

Captions, contrast and keyboard navigation began as accommodations. They have become the baseline for good digital design.

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A lift call panel with a large floor number and braille beneath it
Photo: John Robert McPherson / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Clear headings help screen-reader users navigate, and they help someone skimming on a phone. Captions serve deaf viewers, and anyone watching on a crowded train.

Good defaults help every reader

Accessible design is mostly a set of good habits: meaningful alternative text, visible focus states, sufficient contrast and forms that explain their errors.

Accessibility is not a feature. It is quality.

From our Design desk
A bilingual sign with braille text and arrows for the metro exit
Tactile and visual information on the same sign. Photo: Jiròni B. / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

The teams that do this well treat it as part of the definition of done rather than an audit at the end.