Jo
Larby
Accessibility Community Lead at Leighton
"Moving from Compliance to Culture through Design Systems "
"Moving from Compliance to Culture through Design Systems "
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Session: Moving from Compliance to Culture through Design Systems
Accessibility is often an afterthought, being retrofitted into a product to satisfy a checklist that was at the bottom of a list of go-live requirements. It divides teams into those that want to make their products usable for all and those that see it as a tedious task that ruins their streamlined code base through sticky-plaster fixes. In this talk, we’ll discuss how Design Systems can play a part in keeping your development team at ease, your timelines on track and compliance achieved.Key Takeaways
- Accessibility scales through code, not checklists
- Building scalable code saves time and effort in the future
- Design systems bridge empathy and efficiency
- Culture grows through repetition
Bio
Jo is the Accessibility Community Lead at Leighton, a software consultancy in the United Kingdom. Having worked for both public and private sector clients, Jo has experience witnessing and working through the hardship of solutions that have not been designed with accessibility in mind.