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Yeah, this is a standard mantra in Accessibility work - ability is a spectrum, and people move up and down this spectrum both across their lives and even within
by roughly 3y ago
Yeah, this is a standard mantra in Accessibility work - ability is a spectrum, and people move up and down this spectrum both across their lives and even within their days.
- r00fus 3y agoI like the saying "most people are temporarily able-bodied". You will likely need accessibility at some point in your life - and almost surely nearing the end of it. So clearly affordances to assist the disabled are going to benefit everyone ... eventually.
- user_7832 3y agoI vaguely remember a statistic of something like 20 or 30% of the population will be disabled at some time in their life. (Easy examples include old people needing walkers/sticks). MS also had a very interesting design for disability brochure that talked about how even a "regular" person can be temporarily disabled - eg if you're holding a heavy bag of groceries, opening a door that needs 2 hands is very difficult. Designing for amputees will also help the 99% of the population doing grocery runs.