How To Be a Hero for Dyslexic Audiences I’ve loved comics since second grade. I fell in love with some of comics’ greatest heroes— Spiderman, Batman, and Superman—through their movies and animated shows, and with time I grew to love other characters, like the working-class magus John Constantine from the Hellblazer series and Green Lantern […]
Author: Alex Russell
Sticky Headers: Digital Accessibility & User Experience
According to the Nielsen Norman Group, “sticky headers (or persistent headers) are a common pattern for keeping the header of a website or app in the same place on the screen while the user scrolls down the page…when done appropriately, sticky headers allow users to quickly access the navigation, search, and utility-navigation elements without scrolling […]
Accessibility on Screen: Leveling Up Your Knowledge of Alt Text
Welcome to our series of posts about accessibility in communications. Accessibility is the practice of making information, activities, and/or environments sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible. This is super-important as persons within your audience all have different needs. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 billion people around the world live with a disability. […]
Accessibility on Screen: 5 Helpful Tips for Writing Effective and Inclusive Alt Text
Welcome to our series of posts about accessibility in communications. Accessibility is the practice of making information, activities, and/or environments sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible. This is super-important because persons within your audience all have different needs. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 15 percent of people around the world—that’s over 1 billion—live with […]