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Accessibility

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- [Instructor] A visual is, by definition, not accessible to someone with visual impairment. Because of this, we in data visualization have given ourselves an out for a long time, allowing ourselves to not worry about accessibility at all, to be honest, but the field as a whole is getting its act together and acknowledging that just because what we produce is, by definition, not fully accessible, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't do our best to make our work accessible to as many people as possible. It's worth noting that nearly 30% of the population has some sort of accessibility concerns. This includes people above a certain age who simply struggle with low contrast and small font sizes. If you just remember that not everyone will see your designs with the same level of clarity as you, then you can make decisions to make your visualizations more accessible. How do we do that? There are really few simple decisions that can…

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