Sandra Koranteng
When it comes to designing web products that are accessible for people with disabilities and impairment, Sandra Koranteng thinks about the size of the audience that could potentially be excluded. After all, U.S. Census data has shown that nearly one in five people have a disability. Globally, 15% of the world’s population has some form of disability.
There’s also a way to think about it from a personal perspective, she said. Even if you don’t have a disability now, think about getting older. Your eyesight could start to fail or you develop a hand tremor. You wouldn’t want that to also limit access to tech.
“Technology is supposed to make our life better, so there shouldn’t be a challenge or obstacle with it,” said Koranteng, who is a quality assurance engineer at Locust Point-based tech agency Mindgrub.
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