Why Everyone Should Design For Chiari Malformation
summary
Explains Chiari malformation (brain tissue extending into the spinal canal) and argues that designing for it improves products for many other conditions; cites at least 1 in 1000 people affected. Recommends concrete tools and settings: large default fonts, adjustable caption size, select-to-speak and read-aloud, Zoom lens/windows magnifier, external keyboards, Chromecast to larger displays, captioned lecture recordings and virtual-assistant voice controls. Describes rebuilding a website to remove infinite scroll, slow carousels, improve contrast and spacing — fixes that make the site genuinely usable.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 0:53Veronica Lewis
- 1:44Why Everyone Should Design for Chiari Malformation
- 2:29What Even Is Chiari Malformation
- 2:45Chiari Malformation
- 3:46No Known Cure for Chiari Malformation
- 4:15Symptoms
- 7:03Accessibility Settings
- 18:07Virtual Assistant Devices
- 19:13Chiari Malformation Is an Invisible Illness
- 23:54Why Designing for Chiari Malformation Specifically Is So Important
- 25:35Everyone Should Design for Chiari Malformation
- 28:29Disable Infinite Scrolling
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