Accessibility

Learn about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Explore some common steps which you can take within your interactive data visualizations that can help improve access.

Lesson Table of Contents

Video
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Exercise
Reading
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Works cited

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Written materials

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Exercise

Though there is still some material left, this is a good opportunity to start on your final project to be refined over the next few lessons. See the course manual for recommended project ideas / datasets.

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Reading

Please continue of our discussion by considering motor accessibility and cognitive disability over at Game Makers Toolkit.

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Works cited

This is the works cited from the lecture. Note that additional sources may be used in exercises and other supporting documentation.

A. Shatov, "White Digital Device at 12 00," Unsplash, 2021. Available: https://unsplash.com/photos/white-digital-device-at-12-00-DHl49oyrn7Y
M. Brown, "Making Games Better for Gamers with Colourblindness & Low Vision | Designing for Disability," Game Maker's Toolkit, 2018. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrqdU4cZaLw
WAI, "WCAG 2 Overview," W3C, 2025. Available: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
A. Blackwell, "The Curb-Cut Effect," SSIR, 2017. Available: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_curb_cut_effect
Larea, "Color," The Noun Project, 2024. Available: https://thenounproject.com/icon/color-7309833/
Alvida, "Glasses," The Noun Project, 2025. Available: https://thenounproject.com/icon/glasses-7656753/
R. Romadoni, "Blind," The Noun Project, 2025. Available: https://thenounproject.com/icon/blind-7616838/
A. Pottinger, "Income Gaps." 2023. Available: https://incomegaps.com/
A. Pottinger, R. Geyer, N. Biyani, C. Martinez, N. Nathan, M. Morse, M. de Bruyn, C. Boettiger, E. Baker, K. Koy, and D. McCauley, "Global Plastics AI Policy Tool," University of California, 2024. Available: https://global-plastics-tool.org/
A. Pottinger, R. Geyer, N. Biyani, C. Martinez, N. Nathan, M, Morse, C. Liu, S. Hu, M. de Bruyn, C. Boettiger, E. Baker, and D. McCauley, "Pathways to reduce global plastic waste mismanagement and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050," Science, 2024. doi: 10.1126/science.adr3837
WebAIM, "Contrast Checker," Utah State University. Available: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
A. Pottinger, L. Connor, B. Guzder-Williams, M. Weltman-Fahs, N. Gondek, and T. Bowles, "Climate-driven doubling of U.S. maize loss probability: Interactive simulation with neural network Monte Carlo," JDSSV, 2025. doi: 10.52933/jdssv.v5i3.134
E. Purnomo, "Target," The Noun Project, 2022. Available: https://thenounproject.com/icon/target-4642615/
P. Octaviani, "Keyboard," The Noun Project, 2023. Available: https://thenounproject.com/icon/keyboard-5600882/
Alzam, "Speed," The Noun Project, 2022. Available: https://thenounproject.com/icon/speed-4573076/
A. Pottinger and Sketchingpy Contributors, "Sketchingpy," Sketchingpy Project, 2025. Available: https://sketchingpy.org/
WebAIM, "WebAIM's WCAG 2 Checklist," Utah State University. Available: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/