--- title: Invisible Problems | daily.dev description: A personal reflection on how invisible problems — colorblindness, motion sickness, dyslexia, limited internet connectivity — go unnoticed by those who don't... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Invisible Problems | daily.dev og:description: A personal reflection on how invisible problems — colorblindness, motion sickness, dyslexia, limited internet connectivity — go unnoticed by those who don't... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oXAq6dYfg.png og:image:alt: Invisible Problems og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Invisible Problems **[Ibrahim Diallo](https://daily.dev/sources/idiallo)** · 4 min read · 8 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A personal reflection on how invisible problems — colorblindness, motion sickness, dyslexia, limited internet connectivity — go unnoticed by those who don't experience them. Through workplace anecdotes, the author illustrates how tools, meetings, and design choices are often built around the designer's own experience, inadvertently excluding others. The takeaway: curiosity about how others experience what we build is more achievable than anticipating every edge case in advance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@agustinbarrientos** · 2 upvotes > I write about accessibility in my blog too. The only way to change this is by constantly talking about it. Thanks for your post. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bug blindness](https://daily.dev/posts/bug-blindness-ashjbcz4y) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [As the red line clearly demonstrates, …](https://daily.dev/posts/as-the-red-line-clearly-demonstrates--hfeozziah) · R-bloggers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and You](https://daily.dev/posts/the-disability-dongle-why-silicon-valley-hates-me-and-you-qqhdgnvc4) · Hacker News · 15 upvotes · 1 comments - [The Invisible Infrastructure of Everything](https://daily.dev/posts/the-invisible-infrastructure-of-everything-k0fosxizz) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Enhancing Web Design: Recognizing Accessibility Issues Now](https://daily.dev/posts/enhancing-web-design-recognizing-accessibility-issues-now-ujieme4gp) · A List Apart · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Invisible Problems","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T07:02:10.761Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:07:37.749Z","description":"A personal reflection on how invisible problems — colorblindness, motion sickness, dyslexia, limited internet connectivity — go unnoticed by those who don't...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Ibrahim Diallo","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ibrahim Diallo","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--UBuPzW64--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774960037/logos/idiallo?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/idiallo"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":8},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"accessibility","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ibrahim Diallo","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/idiallo"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Invisible Problems"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/invisible-problems-oxaq6dyfg","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I write about accessibility in my blog too. 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