Takeaways from An Evening with Marcy Sutton and Derek Featherstone: Panel Discussion

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At their August 2019 meetup, the Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design group hosted a special panel discussion with Derek Featherstone and Marcy Sutton discussing accessibility and inclusive design.

Moderated by meetup group co-organizer Fen Slattery, Sutton and Featherstone had a wonderful conversation answering and discussing questions submitted by group members.

While I wasn’t near Chicago, Illinois to attend the meetup in person, I was able to attend via their livestream and follow the conversations on Twitter.

Here are my notes. Continue reading Takeaways from An Evening with Marcy Sutton and Derek Featherstone: Panel Discussion

Inclusive Design Goes Beyond Your Design

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At the Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design meetup, Derek Featherstone, founder of Simply Accessible spoke about inclusive design, what it means, and how to look beyond what we create.

Featherstone shared stories and tips for expanding our views of inclusive design to include our processes and tools. Continue reading Inclusive Design Goes Beyond Your Design