https://www.reddit.com/r/modguide/comments/e0702z/ensuring_your_sub_is_inclusive/
created by no-elf-and-safety on 22/11/2019 at 20:41 UTC
10 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
All types of people use Reddit - all ages, all genders, all ability levels and all accessibility levels. There are lots and lots of things we can do on our subs to help ensure that they are accessible to as many people as possible.
Here is the official accessibility in New Reddit post from Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/8ql3im/accessibility%5C_in%5C_new%5C_reddit%5C_what%5C_were%5C_working%5C_on/[1][2]
Many many many of these accessibility assists are programmed into reddit in association with many of the brilliant programmes out there for those who need them.
There are a few things that you can do to help!
Try and avoid red, green and (to a much lesser extent) blue in your color schemes as these are the colours that are unable to be seen by those with color blindness.
Use https://achecker.ca/checker/[3][4] This will check your sub and provide you with a report for any potential issues for those with visual impairments.
3: https://achecker.ca/checker/
4: https://achecker.ca/checker/
Another great one is https://wave.webaim.org/[5][6] which will look at the page set up to ensure that it can be read by accessibility programmes.
I recommend testing both your subs front page as well as with a post open.
The more people that can come and participate in your sub the larger your sub will become!
Comment by [deleted] at 25/11/2019 at 15:27 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
LOL, "colors unable to be seen by those with color blindness". Red and green things aren't invisible to people with red-green color blindness, they just can't distinguish between the two. That's the most common type IIRC, but some have other colors affected, yes.
Comment by Dartillus at 30/11/2019 at 16:16 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So, what do you do about things like "i" elements? The checker tells you to replace those, but AFAIK you can't change the type of element used in a subreddit for certain things.