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071: User Defenders Live – A Panel on Design Accessibility, Diversity & Ethics with Mina Markham, Derek Featherstone and Farai Madzima

User Defenders – UX Design & Personal Growth

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How to Empathize With Disabled People

Sally Kohn: What are the major obstacles to accessibility? You still see needing to be addressed. For those of us just getting our feet wet into accessibility, what are some quick when things we can try to better empathize with disabled folks that we may not currently be considering in our work? She says one easy thing you can do is unplug your mouse for a day and just use the keyboard to navigate. "Empathy is like, go and sit with them and learn about their lived experience," she says.

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