Accessibility: The Illustrated Guide

Key Features

Learn accessibility through a unique graphic novel format with real-world scenarios

Practical tips for social media, meetings, presentations, emails, and AI tools

Actionable guidance to create inclusive, accessible digital communication

Book Description

What do a neurodivergent tech pro panda, a blind owl professor, and a postpartum mommy kangaroo have to teach us about accessibility? More than you might think!

Accessibility: The Illustrated Guide makes inclusion approachable, practical, and unexpectedly fun, showing how everyday people can make small changes that lead to a big impact. Through witty hand-drawn illustrations featuring animal characters with diverse disabilities and access needs, this book explores accessibility across a variety of settings, including social media, meetings, presentations, and emails.

Written by two technology accessibility leaders with lived experience in the disability community, this book combines professional expertise with personal insight to make accessibility practical and approachable. Here, you'll learn how to write effective alt text, design inclusive slides, run accessible meetings, communicate clearly in digital and in-person environments, practice inclusive etiquette, use accessibility features, and use AI effectively.

Whether you want to better include people with disabilities, explore accessibility innovations, or create content, manage teams, teach, design, or develop, this book is for you. You don't need to be an accessibility expert to make a difference. You just need to care enough to begin.

What you will learn

Use AI responsibly for accessible content creation

Make social media, emails, documents, and presentations accessible

Host meetings and events where everyone can participate

Build accessibility into your everyday work

Communicate respectfully with disabled people

Apply inclusive communication etiquette and avoid common accessibility mistakes

Who this book is for

This book is for professionals, content creators, educators, marketers, and teams who want to make their communication more inclusive and accessible to their many colleagues, friends and family members with disabilities. Whether you work in corporate environments, digital media, education, or tech, this guide helps you apply accessibility best practices in everyday scenarios. It’s ideal for beginners looking to understand accessibility fundamentals, as well as professionals seeking practical ways to improve their workflows and create more inclusive experiences for diverse audiences.