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I would also stop thinking about terms of accessible design by using the medical model of disability.

UX and the social model of disability work well together, and by focusing on user needs or preferences instead of impairments you'll get closer to being an inclusive designer and your work will have a bigger impact.

Also use co-design and evaluate using quantitive rather than qualitative data. 30 people do not equal an audience.

Last part of my rant is the use of "Accessibility Designer", when all the person is doing is following WCAG.

That is like painting by numbers and calling it art.

Thanks for writing this. I was thinking of writing something very similar and now I don't have to.

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Gareth Ford Williams
Gareth Ford Williams

Written by Gareth Ford Williams

Director at Ab11y.com and The Readability Group. I am an Ex-Head of UX Design and Accessibility at the BBC and I have ADHD and I’m Dyslexic.

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