How (not to) name things
Imagine every sign stating "you are now in front of a sign". Or the LinkedIn-app is now called "this is an app".
Erik Kroes
Introduction
Hi, I'm Erik. I'm disabled and doing it anyway.
- What: Accessibility, Inclusive Design and Design Systems
- With: Large organizations, managers, developers and designers
- Where: Open source, finance, government and retail
- How: Consultancy with a strong focus on results
- Assess - We explore what the current status is. Contact me to have a chat!
- Fix - It's time to improve what's there, and start looking forward. Put out some fires and build a strategy.
- Ingrain - You want long lasting solutions. Let's boost the knowledge of your entire organization! How about a workshop, a training, or great documentation?
Reach out to inklusivo for accessibility. That is the agency and foundation through which I do all my accessibility work. Contact them, and they'll help you find the best people to support you!
My toolbox includes
- Jira
- Confluence
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- WCAG
- Figma
- SVG
- Supernova
- ARIA
- Miro
- Zoom
- Notion
- Everything Microsoft
- Everything Google
- Everything Adobe
- Trello
- Airtable
- VoiceOver
- Talkback
- JAWS
- NVDA
- Python
- MacOS
- Linux
- Android
- iOS
- Twitch
- Slack
- MatterMost
- Discord
- Blender
- Git(Hub)
- PHP
- SQL
- WordPress
And the list goes on. Let's just say, I can handle whatever you throw at me.
Trusted by
Other activities
- Web Accessibility Specialist
- First certified Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) in the Netherlands
- Professional Scrum Product Owner
- Certified Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
- IDEA11Y
- Facilitating the community and meetups of the Dutch platform for Inclusive Design & Accessibility (IDEA11Y)
Blog, latest writings
Accessibility and AI
There's a lot to be said about AI and accessibility. These are some thoughts on what goes wrong, and what could be improved.
Thoughts on people-first language
I'm writing an introduction to accessibility where I feel like I scrap more than I write. This is a text that didn't make it because it was out of scope.
Accessible inline collapsible
How to offer depth to a text without linking elsewhere.