Slide6-9 Independence: From accessibility to usability (Usability is enabling)
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
Lee Iacocca (1924-2019), American automotive business legend
Independence is the second AODA principle. The AODA Information and Communication Standard must be considered for effective communications.
Divide: From accessibility to usability.
Enabling: Free from the influence or control of another and Self-governing.
Barriers: Design standards, government regulations, perceptions, myths and experiences.
Design: Assuming you have access to the information and understand the options, can you independently act upon your decision, or are you dependent upon human assistance.
Effective communications is about networking and branding.
Standards: WCAG principles Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust.
Enabling: Face-to-face, Written, Visual and Verbal.
Communicating effectively with assistive technologies.
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