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A designer’s guide to documenting accessibility51:45

Great documentation helps teams implement accessibility requirements the right way. Let’s talk about why, what, and how designers can document different aspects of accessibility and user interactions requirements.

A designer’s guide to documenting accessibility & user interactions, blog post

Great documentation helps teams implement accessibility requirements the right way.

I will tell you why, what, and how designers can document different aspects of accessibility and user interaction requirements, to build better, more inclusive products.

– Stéphanie Walter blog post introduction

High-level topics covered include:

  • How and where should I document accessibility?
  • What exactly can or should designers document?
  • Who should document accessibility?
  • When do you document this?
  • What are the benefits of such documentation?
  • Get my Sketch and Figma Annotation Template
  • Thanks, resources and links
  • and more

Read Stéphanie’s Blog PostOpens in a new window

Accessibility & interactions documentation checklist

Stéphanie’s checklistOpens in a new window of “things I might need to document for accessibility and interactions.”

This checklist includes the following:

  • Visual design
  • Interactions
  • Wayfinding
  • Content & markup

View and download the checklistOpens in a new window

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Suggested approach

There’s exceptional detail across both the blog postOpens in a new window and the checklistOpens in a new window.

These artifacts should be referenced together.

Now let’s review content, design, and code practices.