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Featured: On inclusive personas and inclusive user research

“I am not a big fan of personas. They’re oft-abused tools whose utility is far too frequently not interrogated, and consequently create more harm than good.”

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New to A11y

The Arc, a disability nonprofit, authored a blog post about the truth about the R-word, which highlights how people with disabilities feel about the use of that word. Don’t use it, and if someone does, let them know that better word choices exist.

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