what is accessible design?

Accessibility is not a "favour" but a right, so how does this manifest in the world of graphic design? I've asked myself the question, "what is the industry doing for those with disabilities to ensure that they can access and consume the media the same way someone without a disability would?". My findings are as follows

High Contrast

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A way designers have been working to make digital as well as some print media accesible (for quite a while now) is allowing for a high contrast setting on their website(s), it allows for those with, for example, colour blindness to easily distinguish colours amongst each other by making them different enough as to avoid certain elements on the page being unreadable and ensuring for a close viewing/reading experience as someone without colour blindess would be receiving. In modern day, most websites and operating systems tend to come with this mode and can usually be found in the accessibility settings among other tweaks one may need.

Font legibility

A major don't of typography and overall graphic design. This is extremely hard to read, even for me. I can't imagine it would be easier for someone with dyslexia, for example. [Source]

A thumb rule of graphic design is carefully picking out what font you are going to use, while some are just downright ugly, you also have to consider if the font is readable to others, this could be due to its size, stroke, stem etc., having too much going on with a typeface can easily put the reader in a confusing spot, especially those with dyslexia, who find it much easier when a legible font (such as the one I am typing in right now) is being used.

There are numerous other and more specific ways accessibility has been introduced, especially with the technological advances of the 2010s, to the point even a blind person, or someone without arms, can now utilise a phone and it's refreshing to see how accessibility for those who need it grows day by day.