web designers with strong accessibility experience?
January 26, 2021 10:51 AM Subscribe
Please recommend web designers (visual designers) with strong experience in, and appreciation of, accessibility guidelines. Drupal experience a strong plus.
I am a Drupal admin/developer/consultant. Some of my clients would like to improve the accessibility of their sites.
Drupal has pretty good accessibility built in, but some clients' sites have years-old themes with suboptimal accessibility due to things like too-small text and low-contrast color schemes.
I'd like to be able to recommend a few designers with solid experience creating themes that meet or exceed accessibility standards and embrace both the letter and the spirit of WCAG guidelines - designers who prioritize accessibility rather than treating it as an afterthought.
It would be nice if the designer or firm could produce theme templates (HTML and CSS) for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8/9, but we can get flat design files (like PSDs) converted if we need to. Familiarity with Drupal and its built-in accessibility features is a big plus, though.
Many of my clients are non-profits, so budget is a consideration (although we/they expect to pay appropriately for professional design work).
If your recommendation is someone you've worked with, I'd appreciate anything you can tell me about that experience.
Thank you!
I am a Drupal admin/developer/consultant. Some of my clients would like to improve the accessibility of their sites.
Drupal has pretty good accessibility built in, but some clients' sites have years-old themes with suboptimal accessibility due to things like too-small text and low-contrast color schemes.
I'd like to be able to recommend a few designers with solid experience creating themes that meet or exceed accessibility standards and embrace both the letter and the spirit of WCAG guidelines - designers who prioritize accessibility rather than treating it as an afterthought.
It would be nice if the designer or firm could produce theme templates (HTML and CSS) for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8/9, but we can get flat design files (like PSDs) converted if we need to. Familiarity with Drupal and its built-in accessibility features is a big plus, though.
Many of my clients are non-profits, so budget is a consideration (although we/they expect to pay appropriately for professional design work).
If your recommendation is someone you've worked with, I'd appreciate anything you can tell me about that experience.
Thank you!
I just came here to make the same case.
posted by Bella Donna at 12:52 PM on January 26, 2021
posted by Bella Donna at 12:52 PM on January 26, 2021
you want this person, highly recommended by friends:
https://marcysutton.com/
posted by evilmonk at 1:00 PM on January 26, 2021 [1 favorite]
https://marcysutton.com/
posted by evilmonk at 1:00 PM on January 26, 2021 [1 favorite]
Tara Cleveland in Toronto is an accessibility queen with Drupal foo.
posted by DarlingBri at 1:02 PM on January 26, 2021
posted by DarlingBri at 1:02 PM on January 26, 2021
Do you have a Drupal.org user account? You can get on the Slack workspace and check out the #accessibility channel - people there may have suggestions. I was going to recommend Open Concept / Mike Gifford but it looks like they got bought out by Civic Actions, and I'm not familiar with them.
posted by expialidocious at 10:01 PM on January 26, 2021
posted by expialidocious at 10:01 PM on January 26, 2021
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posted by th3ph17 at 12:46 PM on January 26, 2021