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Designing for users with physical or motor disabilities

What to do - and what not to do - when designing for users with physical or motor disabilities.

Printable posters (PDF format):

Do

  • Make large clickable actions
  • Give clickable elements space
  • Design for keyboard or speech only use
  • Design with mobile and touchscreen in mind
  • Provide shortcuts

Don't

  • Demand precision
  • Bunch interactions together
  • Make dynamic content that requires a lot of mouse movement
  • Have short time out windows
  • Tire users with lots of typing and scrolling
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