15 May 2025

We have a long way to go on poster accessibility

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

This poll from this weekˆs ISMPP annual meeting shows how far we have to go in the field of conference posters:

Poll question: Are you checking you scientific posters for accessibility to be mindful of those with hearing or vision deficiencies? Sometimes: 43.8%. No: 43.8%. Always: 12.5%.

Almost half of medical communication professionals – people whose job is to make medical research more widely distributed and more powerful – don’t think about make posters accessible.

My quick tip for better accessibility:

Fewer words, bigger.

How many people around you wear glasses or contacts? The world can be blurry for them! Bigger is easier to see!

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