Web Directions

Ruth Ellison — Integrating accessibility into design

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• By:jessie
• June 19, 2008
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Web Directions South 2008, Sydney Convention Centre, September 26 2.40pm.

• Audio record­ing of session
• Presentation slides
• Session descrip­tion
• About Ruth Ellison

Presentation slides

Session descrip­tion

When devel­op­ing web­sites or web appli­ca­tions, we often fol­low the prin­ci­ples of web stan­dards, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and other acces­si­bil­ity guide­lines. But is this enough? In this ses­sion, Ruth will look at how we can develop acces­si­ble web prod­ucts by tak­ing a holis­tic approach to web acces­si­bil­ity. She will look at dif­fer­ent ways of incor­po­rat­ing acces­si­bil­ity into the design process to pro­duce acces­si­ble and use­ful user expe­ri­ences. This pre­sen­ta­tion will focus on the user expe­ri­ence design process by draw­ing on exam­ples and learn­ings from Ruth’s work in Government.

About Ruth Ellison

Ruth Ellison is an inter­ac­tion designer and user expe­ri­ence prac­ti­tioner. She is extremely pas­sion­ate about cre­at­ing acces­si­ble and use­ful user experiences.

Ruth has over six years expe­ri­ence work­ing on a num­ber of acces­si­bil­ity and user-​​centred design projects across the Government and pri­vate sec­tors. She is cur­rently a senior con­sul­tant at Stamford Interactive, a usabil­ity and user-​​centred design con­sul­tancy. She takes a holis­tic approach to her design work, draw­ing upon her back­ground of acces­si­bil­ity, usabil­ity and human-​​computer interaction.

In her free time, Ruth can be found out and about tak­ing pho­tos, ren­o­vat­ing her house and mak­ing music.

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3 responses to “Ruth Ellison — Integrating accessibility into design”:

1. • By:Deaf Web Professional
   • February 19th, 2009
   

   As a deaf user, I can­not access the audio. Since the topic cov­ers web acces­si­bil­ity, where’s a tran­script for users like myself?

2. • By:Ruth Ellison
   • March 9th, 2009
   

   Hi there, sorry — I’ve only just seen your com­ment about pro­vid­ing a tran­script. I’ll do my best to get one organ­ised and uploaded (it may take some time — my apologies).

3. • By:Deaf Web Professional
   • September 10th, 2009
   

   Hello Ruth — Thanks for con­sid­er­ing a tran­script for your pre­sen­ta­tion. I won­der if it is ready?

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