Accessibility and Usability

Tightly related but very independent UI/UX/CX concepts. Definitely NOT interchangeable.

Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC
UX Collective
Published in
4 min readSep 27, 2019

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I saw a post on LinkedIn this week that said “you can’t have usability without accessibility.” However, it is my belief that the converse — “you can’t have accessibility without usability” is also true. Here are my thoughts on how the two topics are interrelated using a…

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LinkedIn Top Voice for Social Impact 2022. UX Collective Author of the Year 2020. Disability Inclusion SME. Sr Staff Accessibility Architect @ VMware.