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Design systems can be a great place to begin thinking about accessibility, but ensuring a good experience for everyone goes way beyond having accessible components alone.

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This tweet from

and this talk from

have both been on my mind recently. 🙏 twitter.com/annaecook/stat youtube.com/watch?v=_pfyLV

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Anna E. Cook

@annaecook

Oct 7, 2021

Yes yes yes, so well said! An accessible design system does *not* guarantee an accessible experience, calling out this myth is so important. Accessibility in your design system is key, but it is not everything! #Schema2021

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Jennie Yip and a slide that reads the myth: making a design system accessible guarantees an accessible experience.

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5:36 PM · Feb 3, 2022

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Your tweet just reminded me of this great blog post by

@brad_frost

: bradfrost.com/blog/post/desi "Design systems care about accessibility as it pertains to user interfaces.[...] but doesn’t necessarily define or own those standards"

bradfrost.com

Design Systems are for user interfaces

We often talk about design systems as singular entities. "The design system saves time and increases quality." "Oh, the design system provides that." "Update to the latest version of the design...

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It guarantees accessible components at best, but there’s certainly more to accessibility