I don't like this theme. I don't like pushing people to use settings like "reduce transparency" because they also make the UI much uglier, even before this increase in the use of transparency-- non-default settings like this are an afterthought, design-wise. It means downgrading to a second-class experience.
However, I find this a bit irksome:
> The majority of people with vision impairments aren't people who are used to thinking of themselves as disabled and know their way around an a11y menu
That should change, and to the extent that something like this makes a small push in that direction, so much the better. Disability is a spectrum, everyone will deal with disability to some extent in their lifetime, and accessibility features are for everyone.
Separating out "serious" accessibility considerations from those of people with "normal" accessibility needs is just likely to make accessibility features even more second-class. If the main problem is the problem you describe, it should be fixed by better surfacing the existing accessibility features.
However, I find this a bit irksome:
> The majority of people with vision impairments aren't people who are used to thinking of themselves as disabled and know their way around an a11y menu
That should change, and to the extent that something like this makes a small push in that direction, so much the better. Disability is a spectrum, everyone will deal with disability to some extent in their lifetime, and accessibility features are for everyone.
Separating out "serious" accessibility considerations from those of people with "normal" accessibility needs is just likely to make accessibility features even more second-class. If the main problem is the problem you describe, it should be fixed by better surfacing the existing accessibility features.