Skip to main content
GOV.UK
Blog Accessibility in government
Organisations:
Civil Service

What working on GOV.UK navigation taught us about accessibility

Posted by: Andy Sellick - Frontend Developer, GDS, Posted on: 18 December 2017 - Categories: Access needs, Accessibility, Assistive technology, Code, Design, Testing, User research

We look at the work the GOV.UK Publishing Frontend team have done to make their navigation accessible and what they learnt from doing this.

Read more of What working on GOV.UK navigation taught us about accessibility - 3 comments

Related content and links

Accessibility in government

This is for everyone: documenting how we're rebuilding inclusive digital services across the UK Government.
Find out more

showing accessible and inaccessible text

How accessible is your website?

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.

Subscribe to Open Notes

Man smiles at camera whilst working on his laptop.

Sign up to get updates direct to your inbox and stay informed about improvements to digital products and services in government.

Categories

Blogs and resources from GDS

  • Government Digital Service blog
  • Government Service Design Manual
  • GDS Content Style Guide
  • Digital by Default Service Standard
  • GDS Design Principles
  • GDS Design Notes blog

Sign up and manage updates

  • Email
  • Atom

Comments and moderation

Read our guidelines

Useful links

  • All GOV.UK blogs
  • All GOV.UK blog posts
  • GOV.UK
  • All departments
  • Accessibility statement
  • Cookies
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated
© Crown copyright