The Rita Lab team is attempting to create the largest and most helpful collection of inclusive tech and design and accessible tech and design resources. Come back to this hub frequently as we’ll be adding to it over time!

Books

Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393356043/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1948765748/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Accessibility for Everyone https://www.amazon.com/Accessibility-for-Everyone/dp/B07G212MT6
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design https://www.amazon.com/Mismatch-Inclusion-Simplicity-Technology-Business/dp/0262038889
Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind https://www.amazon.com/Inclusive-Design-Digital-World-Accessibility/dp/148425015X/
A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences https://www.amazon.com/Web-Everyone-Designing-Accessible-Experiences/dp/1933820977
Building For Everyone: Expand Your Market With Design Practices From Google's Product Inclusion Team https://www.amazon.com/Building-Everyone-Practices-Googles-Inclusion/dp/1119646227
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Math-Destruction-Increases-Inequality/dp/0553418831/
Giving A Damn About Accessibility https://accessibility.uxdesign.cc/
DESIGN FOR REAL LIFE https://abookapart.com/products/design-for-real-life
CROSS-CULTURAL DESIGN https://abookapart.com/products/cross-cultural-design
DESIGN FOR COGNITIVE BIAS https://abookapart.com/products/design-for-cognitive-bias?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_id=91e1b6be2&pr_rec_pid=5426873041048&pr_ref_pid=4520605024346&pr_seq=uniform
Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design http://www.uiaccess.com/accessucd/
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism https://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Oppression-Search-Engines-Reinforce/dp/1479837245/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=algorithms+of+oppression&qid=1679876169&sprefix=algorithms+of+%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-1
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Women-Data-World-Designed/dp/1419729071
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want https://www.amazon.com/Viral-Justice-Grow-World-Want/dp/0691222886/
The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1621537854/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code https://www.amazon.com/Race-After-Technology-Abolitionist-Tools/dp/1509526404/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L0JUYQZ06MV4&keywords=race+after+technology&qid=1679876207&sprefix=race+after+technology%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-1
Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming https://www.amazon.com/Intersectional-Tech-Black-Digital-Gaming/dp/0807174556/
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally https://www.amazon.com/Demystifying-Disability-What-Know-Ally/dp/1984858971
Life and Death Design: What Life-Saving Technology Can Teach Everyday UX Designers https://www.amazon.com/Life-Death-Design-Life-Saving-Technology/dp/1933820845
Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It https://www.amazon.com/Ruined-Design-Designers-Destroyed-World-ebook/dp/B07PS16XY9
Good Services: How to Design Services that Work https://www.amazon.com/Good-Services-Decoding-Mystery-Service/dp/9063695438
Tragic Design: The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It https://www.amazon.com/Tragic-Design-Impact-Bad-Product/dp/149192361X/

Videos, Movies, Documentaries

Coded Bias https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394170/
Kat Holmes: Rethink What Inclusive Design Means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iccWRhKZa8
I study the future. We should pay attention to avatars Sinead Bovell
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4335520/
How To Stop Artificial Intelligence From Marginalizing Communities? Timnit Gebru
The Social Dilemma https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/
How to bust the harmful myth of the average user / Indi Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nNd7b4SAo0
The Great Hack https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4736550/
What Did I Miss? The Hidden Costs of Deprioritizing Diversity in User Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41q8Nx67Do
Integrating Inclusivity in Your Research https://joinlearners.com/talk/integrating-inclusivity-in-your-research
Inclusive Research https://noti.st/curioresearch/ucoOHl/inclusive-research
UXR with Participants with Disabilities https://joinlearners.com/talk/uxr-with-participants-with-disabilities
Inclusive Research: With people who are deaf and hard of hearing https://joinlearners.com/talk/inclusive-research-with-people-who-are-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing
Microsoft Design Director, Kat Holmes, on the importance of designing for "one-size-fits-one" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42RThsvXxs
Why design should include everyone https://www.ted.com/talks/sinead_burke_why_design_should_include_everyone
Liz Jackson: Designing for Inclusivity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP_W1x0cV4
How to make design really inclusive Florence Okoye
Exploring Diversity & Inclusion with Atlassian https://www.invisionapp.com/events/diversity

Articles, Blog Posts

Digital Literacy: A Must For Inclusive Research https://medium.com/meta-research/digital-literacy-filling-in-the-blind-spot-bab0be0fc878
How (And When) Should We Ask About Ethnicity? Use These Principles for More Inclusive Demographic-Gathering https://dscout.com/people-nerds/inclusive-demographic-gathering
Ethics & Power: Understanding the Role of Shame in UX Research https://uxdesign.cc/ethics-power-understanding-the-role-of-shame-in-ux-research-dafc08bd1d66
Designing for equity and inclusion. https://medium.com/black-ux-collective/designing-for-equity-and-inclusion-6465bd9246cc
Unconscious Biases That Get In The Way Of Inclusive Design https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/unconscious-biases-inclusive-design/
To Build More-Inclusive Technology, Change Your Design Process https://hbr.org/2020/10/to-build-more-inclusive-technology-change-your-design-process
Tackling The Inclusivity and Algorithmic Bias Paradox In Design and Tech https://uxplanet.org/tackling-the-inclusivity-and-algorithmic-bias-paradox-in-design-and-tech-364d50c142ed
6 Principles for Inclusive Design https://uxplanet.org/6-principles-for-inclusive-design-3e9867f7f63e
How to begin designing for diversity https://thecreativeindependent.com/guides/how-to-begin-designing-for-diversity/
How to design inclusive digital solutions https://uxplanet.org/how-to-design-inclusive-digital-solutions-3b282105d72b
Beyond empathy in design https://uxdesign.cc/beyond-empathy-in-design-f0f294c977b6
4 Design Principles for Gender-Identity Inclusion (and How to Get Them Implemented) https://dscout.com/people-nerds/4-design-principles-for-gender-identity-inclusion-and-how-to-get-them-implemented
Daily Ethical Design https://alistapart.com/article/daily-ethical-design/
A Designer’s Code of Ethics https://deardesignstudent.com/a-designers-code-of-ethics-f4a88aca9e95
Designing for Cognitive Differences https://alistapart.com/article/designing-for-cognitive-differences/

Tools, Resources

ShouldIUseAnAccessibilityOverlay.com https://shouldiuseanaccessibilityoverlay.com/
WebAIM https://webaim.org/
NVDA https://webaim.org/articles/nvda/
W3C https://www.w3.org/
WCAG Compliance Checklist https://www.a11yproject.com/checklist/
WCAG for designers https://gerireid.com/wcag-for-designers.html
Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility (posters) https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/
Microsoft Inclusive Design https://www.microsoft.com/design/inclusive
Microsoft Inclusion Journey https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/inclusion-journey
Inclusive Design Principles https://inclusivedesignprinciples.org/
Inclusive Design Guide https://www.instagram.com/ux.forthewin/guide/inclusive-design-guide/17928929971710649/
Inclusive Design Resources https://kickflip.digital/inclusive-design-resources
The Business Case for Product Inclusion Design Practices https://hbr.org/resources/pdfs/comm/google/ProductInclusion.pdf
Ethical Design Guide https://ethicaldesign.guide/
Another Lens: A research tool for conscientious creatives https://airbnb.design/anotherlens/
Inclusive design cards https://www.ontario.ca/page/inclusive-design-cards#section-3
Plain Language Guidelines https://www.plainlanguage.gov/
Inclusive Co-design Toolkit https://www.bridgeable.com/ideas/introducing-the-inclusive-co-design-toolkit/
Inclusive UX writing https://spectrum.adobe.com/page/inclusive-ux-writing/
Contrast Figma Plugin https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/748533339900865323/Contrast
Color Blind Figma Plugin https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/733343906244951586/Color-Blind
Aidentic Figma Plugin https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1211350977972932047/Aidentic
Self-Defined https://www.selfdefined.app/

Podcasts

A11y Rules Podcast https://a11yrules.com/
Curb Cuts (99% Invisible) https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/
Inclusive Designers Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3vy49DjxKgeMFSUfrxtGCZ
A11y Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6p76kx2LHProHMFdcuRmmf
13 Letter Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7LkOsEaOcPt4BwewJXNjVW
Google’s Annie Jean Baptiste: Building better products for everyone (The Design Better Podcast) https://www.designbetter.co/podcast/annie-jean-baptiste
Design for All (Microsoft .future Podcast) https://news.microsoft.com/podcast/ep5-transcript/
Accessibility (The Clearleft Podcast) https://open.spotify.com/episode/0y0ToVoFx6bIrcB1QcOZnE
Inclusive Design 24 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn7dsvRdQEfFd5n_h8gltIoTfzUE_zywu

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