The Deaf Guy.
An accessibility-first platform raising awareness of deafness and disability across East Africa — a blog, news feed and services directory with a content CMS.
Awareness work around hearing impairment and disability in Uganda is often scattered across social posts and has no permanent home — and, ironically, the platforms that carry it are rarely built to be accessible themselves.
We built The Deaf Guy, an accessibility-first content platform that pairs a blog, a searchable news feed and a services directory with an admin CMS for content editors. It is built around semantic HTML, keyboard navigation and high-contrast design so the platform genuinely serves the communities it represents.
From problem to launch, step by step.
Foundations
Set accessibility as a first principle — semantic structure, keyboard navigation, focus states and high contrast.
Content Platform
Built the blog, news feed with search, services directory and about sections in React.
CMS
Added a Firebase-backed admin panel so editors can manage posts, news and submissions without code.
Launch
Deployed on Firebase Hosting with a fast, accessible, mobile-first experience.
The core features.
The Deaf Guy gives deaf and disability advocacy a permanent, accessible home — and proves the point by being built to the standards it champions.