I Never Knew A Website Could Hurt Someone

By Karl Groves

Elevator Pitch

Accessibility isn’t just about people who are blind. This talk tells the story of a less-considered group and how improving UX can help users avoid real pain.

Description

When you’re new to accessibility, it is easy to think it is only about blind people who use screen readers. After all, blind people have a really hard time on the web. They can’t see the screen. They can’t see the mouse pointer, so they can’t use a mouse. They rely on screen readers for access. But can a website cause a user pain? Yes. I’ve seen it happen.

During this talk, Karl Groves will talk about users who are rarely considered and how designers and developers can help each of them through understanding the Web itself.

Notes

I’m an engaging speaker with a over a decade of experience presenting, holding workshops, and training. I’ve spoken in 7 countries and 11 US states.

18 videos of some of my presentations can be seen at http://www.karlgroves.com/presentations/

Below is a partial the conferences I’ve spoken at:

  • NationJS, Washington DC (multiple)
  • Beyond Tellerand, Germany
  • ParisWeb, Paris France (multiple)
  • Better By Design, Madison Wisconsin (workshop)
  • Fronteers Spring Conference, Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Elements Web Conference at Penn State
  • IEEE Information Visualization, Baltimore Maryland
  • Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communications, Baltimore Maryland
  • Frontend Conference, Zurich Switzerland
  • RVA JavaScript Conference