Accessibility is not for a group of disabled people
It's often presented like that, right? We don't make things accessible for ourselves. There is this group of people we would like to help. We remove barriers for the people with disabilities!
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
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".
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.