My 2 c:
Accessibility is essential, but designs that *inconvenience healthy users* are counterproductive. Good accessibility follows universal-design principles: it improves usability for everyone, not just a specific group. When accessibility changes slow down, restrict, or complicate tasks for healthy users, they create resentment and make accessibility look like a burden instead of a benefit. This harms long-term support, because people resist features that reduce efficiency or satisfaction. Accessibility should remove barriers, not shift them from one group to another. Well-designed solutions are adaptable or optional, helping those who need them without hindering those who don’t. The goal is inclusion through flexibility—not forcing all users into a lowest-common-denominator experience.
Riku Mattila :verified:
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