Stef Walter

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Stef Walter
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UX Researcher & Strategist, Inclusive Product Designer in Enterprise UX. Speaker, Author, Mentor & Teacher. Chaotic neutral tea & CSS lover. 🌈 I talk about #design, #UXResearch, #accessibility and #InclusiveDesign mostly I also draw #illustrations for fun, so you might get drawings, food and plants here. Here are notes and questions on interacting with me and social media content: https://stephaniewalter.design/faq-frequently-asked-questions/#social-media Pronouns: She/her My Site: https://stephaniewalter.design/?utm_source=mastodon Neurospicy Adventure: http://neurospicy.agency/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniewalterpro/
I've seen a reel from a lady who said that, as an adult woman in her 30s, she's exhausted from trying to get diagnosed for autism/ ADHD and none takes her seriously. She now decided to not get diagnosed and to get treatment for the all her comorbidities instead. It's the sad truth. 😔
When we design for disabilities, we make things better for everyone. This is called the Curb-Cut Effect. The term was coined by disability students and activists in the 70s, who added curb cuts to the Berkeley sidewalks to make access easier for those in wheelchairs. They discovered those also helped people with strollers, using trolleys for deliveries, etc. image
Applying for an ETA to enter the UK, a UX case study for anyone who keeps saying "UX is common sense": - download a native app that is, mostly, a web view that crashes every time it goes into the background for more than 2 minutes, and start from scratch, 3 times. - the app has issues with scanning the passport chip, crashes, start again, 2 more times. - apparently, no apostrophe shall be allowed the address, and of course, no é on my first name. image
Today, I was invited to attend a GAAD event, where a blind user explained what the most annoying things are, when it comes to inaccessibility: - lack of alt text - lack of proper a heading structures - lists not properly tagged as lists - forms that don't bind label to elements - charts that are not described. The sad part: we are in 2025, and those are, technically, quite easy to fix. Basic HTML, and a bit of good will / training, for people to write the alternatives. image
Whimsica11y: bringing the joy and whimsy to *everyone*, an absolutely brilliant talk by @npub1jpyl...yfwv, who advocates for bringing the fun and the whimsy back to websites, especially personal ones, while still being accessible. This includes a couple of things, like fun accessible audio (that user chose to play), bringing CSS speech to browsers, bringing the poetry to dull alt text to match the vibe of the picture, etc.
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Do people starting an email with "Hey St√©phanie Walter" really expect me to reply? 2025 and you still can't encode my name properly? Why should I even bother? So, here we go again: hello my name is St�phanie – a talk on “special characters”, inclusive design and user experience
Hello my name is St�phanie - a talk on "special characters", inclusive design and user experience
Hello my name is St�phanie - a talk on "special characters", inclusive design and user experience