UXPA Boston Conference 2024

Design systems and accessibility are often talked about together, and that's for a very good reason. Design systems can and should be built in such a way that the components in them have considered accessibility from the very beginning. When design system components are used, they should be free of accessibility issues, so replacing existing components with accessible design system components should improve the accessibility of a product. But did you know that providing accessible components isn't the only way a design system can help a team with accessibility? In this talk, I'll cover three ways that a design system can help a team not only improve the accessibility of their product but also improve the accessibility of that product at scale and help make accessibility part of the culture of those who work on it.