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Unlocking Accessibility: Content designers share their experience and advice

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We asked content designers from various government departments how they initially learned about accessibility and what they wished others would consider when creating accessible content.

Accessibility and inclusive design manual blog

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Screenshot of homepage for the Department for Education Accessibility and inclusive design manual. The content explains that the manual includes everything you need to understand how we create accessible, inclusive products and services in Department for Education.

How the Department of Education (DfE) are supporting teams through user-focused accessibility and inclusive design guidance and training to ensure that everyone has access to the services they need.

Tackling a system's accessibility without testing

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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provides a helpful framework for identifying technical accessibility issues, but what happens when the same issues crop up time and again? How can you find the causes and change the culture of the team behind the system?

GOV.UK ID Check app: Building an accessible digital identity app

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GOV.UK ‘Confirm your identity’ page on a mobile device

The background At Government Digital Service (GDS), our mission is to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. As part of the GOV.UK One Login programme, we released the GOV.UK ID Check app for iOS and Android last …

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Public sector organisations have a legal duty to make websites accessible. Find out how your organisation is impacted at GOV.UK/accessibility-regulations 

GOV.UK service and product owners need to upload an accessibility page and publishers need to upload an accessible documents policy.

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