Boost your design skills with accessibility

The European Accessibility Act is here.

Anyone contributing to something that will end up on a screen needs to understand how to incorporate accessibility from the start.

Designers have a key role to play—two-thirds of all accessibility issues stem from design decisions. All designers need to ramp up, refresh, or top up their knowledge of digital accessibility.

Accessibility audits are one of the most valuable ways to develop your accessibility skills as a designer, helping you practise identifying what is accessible and what is not.

This improved knowledge of accessibility then feeds back into your design work, resulting in more accessible designs from the outset.

During this workshop, we'll take several accessibility criteria from WCAG 2.2 and EN 349 501 that have their roots in design decisions and show you how to check them for compliance.

We'll explore accessibility standards at a higher level, discuss how to navigate organisational pushback, and work hands-on with auditing specific criteria on live websites. You'll learn how to adjust designs to be compliant and discover how it is possible to go beyond accessibility with inclusive design, usability, and UX best practices.

By the end of this workshop, you will not only have increased your knowledge of accessibility—but you’ll leave with clear, actionable checklists to ensure your designs are accessible from the start.

This workshop is suitable for all designers, content producers, and product managers, regardless of design experience or existing knowledge of accessibility.