WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 Archive

Accessible Design Patterns for 2025

October 15, 2025 at 15:00 UTC

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When we think of accessibility, we often think about the usual suspects — color contrast, legible font sizes, and mobile tap targets. However, accessible and inclusive design reaches far beyond that.

How would you design for young children and older adults? What about users with dyslexia and color blindness? How do we test with screen reader software? What about multilingual User Experience and localization issues? And what should we keep in mind when designing sustainable, inclusive and privacy-friendly experiences — e.g. for mental health applications or LGBTQI-friendly forms?

In this session, Vitaly Friedman, the UX lead with European Parliament and Smashing Magazine, will take a deep dive into UX and design guidelines, hundreds of real-life examples, best practices, and guidelines for truly accessible, inclusive, universal design. Expect to leave with a toolbox of insights and practical techniques to apply to any project

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UX Lead, Accessibility Consultant