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Why Accessibility Matters —
Now More Than Ever?

🌍 Over 1.3 billion people globally live with a disability. That’s 1 in 6 of us — WHO, 2022.

🇮🇩 In Indonesia alone, 16% of people live with disabilities — but digital accessibility is rarely enforced.

📱 WebAIM’s 2023 report showed that 97% of the top 1M websites have accessibility failures.

💡 Inclusive design improves UX for everyone, not just people with disabilities.

Accessibility Is Innovation, Not Obligation

Inclusive architecture and accessible visual design
Inclusive architecture and accessible visual design

🌍 The European Accessibility Act, enforced in 2025, sets a new global standard for inclusive digital products — requiring apps, websites, and services across the EU to be accessible by default.
🔗 Source: European Commission – EAA Overview

For designers and tech talent in Indonesia, this signals a growing demand for accessibility expertise — opening doors to work with international teams and build products that include everyone.

This isn’t just data — it’s a design challenge I’ve decided to take personally

My Current Mission

  • Attending Suarise’s Accessibility Bootcamp.
  • Volunteering since Feb 2025 on A11y initiatives.
  • Planning to learn further in Sweden, where accessibility is protected by law and driven by design culture.

Learn more about our discovery of accessibility in e-commerce

Do you know users with sight impairments in Indonesia who access e-commerce websites just to find an item but check out on the app?

Good accessibility is about compliance, great accessibility is about empathy.

How to start Accessibility? — A11y Resource

Explore curated toolkits, guidelines, handbooks, and Figma plugins to get started with inclusive design and WCAG 2.2 standards:

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WCAG in Plain English
by AAArdvark

WCAG in Plain English is a project by AAArdvark, created to make the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) easier to understand and apply. We believe accessibility should be approachable for everyone, not just experts.
Website

Giving a damn about accessibility
by Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC

A candid and practical handbook for designers, product managers, and developers. Practical tips from years of experience in enterprise accessibility.
Ebook

WCAG Map & AAA Map
by Andrew Hick

A thematic structure and logic flow in the WCAG Map and the WCAG AAA Map for clear standard navigation and visual guidance.
Printable Toolkit

Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit
by Microsoft

Beautifully designed PDF toolkits for inclusive design, personas with disabilities, and holistic design principles.
PDF Toolkit

Stark - Contrast & Accessibility Checker
by Stark Lab

The advantage of this plugin is that it is easy to use. There are features for adding annotations, alt-text, focus order, headings and landmarks directly in Figma.
Figma Plugin

WCAG 2.2 Card Deck
by Johannes Lehner

The WCAG 2.2 Card Deck is a practical, easy-to-understand toolkit designed to help you learn, teach, and apply accessibility guidelines.
Figma Library

PanduanWCAG.com
by Suarise & Komunitas A11y ID

Panduan praktis pedoman aksesibilitas web berbahasa Indonesia untuk praktisi desain dan teknologi.
Website