Accessibility Policy & Resources

The Makery strives to achieve the highest levels of satisfaction for all aspects of its online experiences. As part of these efforts, The Makery is dedicated to offering a quality online experience to those with disabilities.

The Makery is working to achieve substantial conformance with generally-recognized and accepted guidelines for website accessibility—specifically, the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0/2.1 at Levels A and AA (“WCAG”).  The website will continue to be assessed on a recurring basis in an effort to substantially comply with these guidelines.  

​Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing. If, at any time, you have any specific questions, feedback, or concerns about the accessibility of any particular web pages on themakerygroup.com please contact us at hello@themakerygroup.com. Please be sure to specify the Web page/URL in your email, and we will make all reasonable efforts to address your concerns.

Disability rights advocate Kings Floyd Ted Talk

In this passionate talk, writer and disability rights advocate Kings Floyd draws illustrates the personal costs of society's failure to implement accessible design, shedding light on the direct link between thoughtful infrastructure and an increased connection between friends, families and communities.

Accessibility Resources

• WCAG 2.0 Check List
• Alt-Text Decision Tree​
• Best Practices for Images
• "Accessibility For All" by Laura Kellogg
• Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion 
• How User’s Change Colours on Websites
• Designing Safer Web Animation for Motion Sensitivity​
• But sometimes links look like buttons (and buttons look like links​

Accessibility Presentation

Want to spread the word about Accessibility Design at your organization? You can download the PowerPoint Presentation from the link below. ​We hope the information provided will help grow accessibility into your universal design practice. If you have any questions, or would like us to share our accessibility talk at your organization, you can email us at hello@themakerygroup.com. 
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• ​accessiblity.pptx

Ideas on design and the world we live in.