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Accessibility is important for people with disabilities or special needs. Some designs make things easier to use. Designs can restrict or enhance accessibility. For example, stairs make it more difficult for someone in a wheelchair or with mobility issues to get around. Lower counters are more useful for shorter people and children, but they could make taller people uncomfortable from leaning over too much. Some kinds of door handles are easier to open than others. At its heart, feminism is a philosophy that works towards the equality of all people, in all our physical and mental variety. Creating a more accessible world through the principles of universal design and the social justice model of disability help include all people in our activities and our community. Here are some resources to help make an event more accessible: * Signs - Good information is good access! * Attitudes: the basics * Best practices Thanks to Sandy Olson, Jesse the K, Jinjurly, and others from the WisCon Access committee for these pages. External links [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Accessibility]] accessibilitas: compare French accessibilité Web accessibility is the goal of making web pages easier to navigate and read. While this is primarily intended to assist those with disabilities, it can be helpful to all readers. Accessibility refers to whether data can be easily reached or used with a minimum of barriers.

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At its heart, feminism is a philosophy that works towards the equality of all people, in all our physical and mental variety. Creating a more accessible world through the principles of universal design and the social justice model of disability help include all people in our activities and our community. The social justice model of disability states that disability is created by society and therefore can be eliminated or reduced by society's changes. Geeks can help imagine and create such a world. Disability theory has particular relevance to feminism in matters of embodiment, caretaking, independence and autonomy. Here are some resources to help make an event more accessible: * Signs - Good information is good access! * Attitudes: the basics * Best practices These pages on accessibility was originally written for Science Fiction conventions and are based heavily on WisCon's accessibility practices. These materials were originally developed at and for WisCon, a feminist science fiction convention, in order to make the convention more accessible to existing members and to attract new members. These changes have been greatly successful and WisCon is now known as one of the most accessible conventions in the country. Other conventions have begun to adopt some of these changes and have made their own as well. We seek to spread the information about accessibility to other conventions and events around North America and the world, collaborate with activists, and consolidate our resources. Those seeking to make a convention or conference more accessible can use this wiki and the materials on the WisCon disability access page. Thanks to Sandy Olson, Jesse the K, Jinjurly, and others from the WisCon Access committee for these pages. External links * Composing Access tipsheet Some designs make things easier to use. Designs can restrict or enhance accessibility. For example, stairs make it more difficult for someone in a wheelchair or with mobility issues to get around. Lower counters are more useful for shorter people and children, but they could make taller people uncomfortable from leaning over too much. Some kinds of door handles are easier to open than others. Often things that make our surroundings easier to access for some people add to ease of use and safety for others. Steps are not only difficult for people with mobility problems, but they also are involved in many accidents. So reducing unnecessary stairs and steps can make a place safer. In addition, almost everyone will need help with access at some point in their lives. For instance, it may be harder to get around with a broken leg or twisted ankle. Easier to turn knobs help people with an injured arm or those who are already using one arm to do something like holding a child. Systems that use alternative modes for people with vision or hearing difficulties can offer options for others too. For instance, computer systems that allow font size changes are often used when someone needs to see a screen from farther away. Alternatives to audio alerts are useful in noisy environments. Web accessibility is the goal of making web pages easier to navigate and read. While this is primarily intended to assist those with disabilities, it can be helpful to all readers. [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Accessibility]] accessibilitas: compare French accessibilité Accessibility refers to whether data can be easily reached or used with a minimum of barriers. Accessibility is important for people with disabilities or special needs.