Bishop International Airport
Let's create an accessible high traffic website while adhering to brand standards and simplify a complex navigation.
Timeline
- Contributed to the Front-End Development while with a team at Addis Enterprises
- Communicated necessity of accessibility and strategy to development team
- Led the development of Experience and Accessibility Design in production until launch
Prompt
To make a hi-traffic website easily navigable and operable.
Strategy
In addition to developing cross-browser experiences, I aimed to make these sites as accessible as possible to promote discoverability, user retention, and potential audience. I regularly advocated for AE’s creations to be accessible and usable. I presented at conferences to spread a vision of Universal and Inclusive Design and Development across Michigan.
Challenges
In developing the FNT Airport site, I worked to foster a recognization and advocation for all people, of all abilities, to my fellow developers and all stakeholders through presenting on the WCAG standard and leading a strategy I developed to create accessible interactions; e.g., the navigation.
Response
Through my strategy, the entire development team aimed for maximum accessibility within the stakeholders' (client & leadership) vision. I led this effort and focused on a keyboard & screen-reader friendly navigation as per the WCAG 2.0 web app menu/menuitem guidelines.
Solution
Notice the use of various keyboard keys as well as ARIA labels, descriptions, and more to make the menu accessible and operable.
Note: the website has changed since I left the organization
Growth
While presenting on the criticality of accessibility across the state, I took and succeeded at the opportunity to communicate to reluctancy within the organization in an effective manner.
Impact
Overcoming reluctancy towards accessibility out of fear of cost; not through fear or force, but through the inspiration of mutual gain taught me how to lead in what I was communicating to achieve a strategy I contributed to.