You, Me, and Accessibility: Empathy and Human-Centered Design Thinking

Accessibility advocate Erin Hess addresses key questions including what are the most common accessibility (#a11y) categories, where to consider a11y in the SDLC, and what the intersection of software and empathy looks like. She explores human-centered design thinking as a tool and demonstrates how empathy can drive innovation.

Whether you’re a designer, developer, tester, product owner, or customer advocate, you’ll take home strategies for making accessibility fun and approachable for your entire project team.

Key takeaways:

• Discover how empathy empowers teams and end users and drives innovation
• Explore human-centered design-thinking as a tool
• Making accessibility fun and approachable for the entire project team

• Speakers
• Erin Hess, Test Engineer III, Crema