How many people with disabilities use your site?

If you’re a digital developer or designer, you need to know.

JoLynne Martinez
UX Collective
Published in
4 min readMar 1, 2022

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There are two silhouettes of a person in profile that are identical except one is facing right and the other is facing left, and they are looking at one another. The one on the left is labeled Disabled, and the one on the right is labeled Not Disabled.
Silhouette by engin akyurt on Unsplash | Photo manipulation by the author

Here’s your assignment: Design a website everyone can use.

Of course, this goal is aspirational. In reality, there will always be people who can’t use your site. Some may lack online access. Others may have significant cognitive or physical challenges…

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