Building Accessible Design Systems – Try, Try, Try again - axe-con 2022

Building a design system is a pivotal way to provide a more consistent user experience across brands, products, and platforms (Web, iOS, and Android). With many stakeholders influencing the enterprise initiative, the design system accessibility team doesn’t always win the first time around.

In this session, learn about some of the challenges we’ve faced when building a design system for a Fortune 500 company. Come away with ideas, suggestions, resources, and learnings to help your team develop, or refine, a consistent, accessible design system for your organization.

Daniel Henderson-Ede CVS Health / Senior Accessibility Designer axe-con speaker in 2022 Pronouns: (He/Him)

Daniel moved from the United Kingdom in 2020 and joined CVS Health as a Senior Accessibility Designer. His combination of love for developing websites and striving to provide the best user experience means his home is in creating accessible Web experiences that meet the needs of all humans, not just the assumed majority. He has spent the last 6 months working closely on the enterprise design system, curating best accessibility practices to standardize components and provide consistent identification.

Meghan Morris CVS Health / Senior Accessibility Designer axe-con speaker in 2022 Pronouns: (She/Her)

Meghan is a Senior Accessibility UX Designer furthering enterprise-level accessibility strategy initiatives. She has experience as a full-stack developer, UX strategy and corporate communications. For the last two and a half years, she has had the opportunity to combine UX and social consciousness in her role in supporting the enterprise-level design system efforts at CVS Health.

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