Accessibility

- An accessibility specialist makes sure…that anyone can use products…even if these users have particular physical limitations…such as vision, auditory, or motor impairments…or certain kinds of cognitive impairments.…While users can use accessibility features…on their web or mobile devices…or purchase software products…that will help them interact with technology.…Websites and mobile resources must be…designed appropriately to be accessible…and allow assistive technology and devices…to work as intended.…As an accessibility specialist…you're often part instructor teaching the team…how to create accessible products…and part evaluator, assuring that they do, in fact,…design appropriately.…

You will likely have one…primary set of guidelines to deal with…known as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines…or WCAG, although,…in the United States, Federal government sights…adhere to a similar set of standards known as section 508.…Like the usability specialist,…you can do a Heuristic or expert accessibility review…that confirms adherence to these guidelines.…