The Curb-Cut Effect: Why Accessible Helps Everyone
How inclusive design quietly improves the product for all.
A Story From the Sidewalk
The curb cut is that little ramp where a sidewalk meets the street. It was built for wheelchairs, but watch who else uses it. 🛒
Everyone Uses the Ramp
Parents with strollers, travelers with suitcases, and cyclists all roll over that ramp. A fix for a few quietly helped everyone.
All lessons in this course
- What Disability Really Looks Like on the Web
- Meet the Users: Blind, Low-Vision, Deaf, Motor, Cognitive
- Assistive Tech 101: Screen Readers, Switches, Magnifiers
- The Curb-Cut Effect: Why Accessible Helps Everyone