Accessible design can often be overlooked. However, this is not always an intentional decision. A big misunderstanding with accessible design arises with the definition of accessibility versus usability.
Usability, on the one hand, is a term used to describe design that is so seamless and purposeful that the design itself is nearly invisible. A tremendously usable website, for instance, will be laid out in such a way that users can easily get around without much or any hassle (Ivey, 2016).
Accessibility, the topic of this blog post today, can be described as an effort to enable people with a range of diverse abilities to effectively understand or interact with a design (Ivey, 2016).
Accessible design combines the enabling efforts of accessibility with technical design elements, taking an ideal concept and making something concrete from it. In other words, accessible design is a process by which the wide variety of needs of people with mental or physical disabilities are specifically considered (What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design?, 2017).
Accessible Design - How you can do it. 