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On My Soapbox About “Accessibility”

As I've mentioned previously, researchers are often scared of the wrong things in research communication. I often talk about this issue in relation to the content, or "what," we communicate. Today, I wanted to talk about "how." Specifically, I want…

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Design and Conceptual Solutions for Color Accessibility

In last week's post, I meandered into the conclusion that, for color to be fully accessible in a data visualization, you shouldn't use more than three colors (light, medium, dark), including the background. But *so* many data visualizations have more…

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Dataviz Dilemma: Color Contrast

As science communicators, we want our messages to be accessible to all members of our target audience, regardless of differences in vision, hearing, physical ability, literacy, and other areas. Today, I wanted to share a visual accessibility issue I’m currently…

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