Design systems and accessibility with Léonie Watson

Update: 2025-10-08

Description

How can design systems help us to create more accessible user experiences? How can we win hearts and minds in the fight to create more equitable experiences for disabled people? Will AI help or hinder us in the process? In this episode I talk to accessibility specialist Léonie Watson, Founder and Director of Tetralogical, Chair of the W3C Board of Directors, and co-Chair of the W3C Web Applications Working Group.

Léonie shares her experience as a blind person, including how technology has created both barriers and opportunities.

Episode links

https://tink.uk/

Tetralogical blog: http://tetralogical.com/blog

Léonie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lwatson/

Léonie on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tink.uk