Claire Ashworth - Technical Writer, GDS

A new accessibility strategy for the GOV.UK Design System

David Cox - Senior Accessibility Specialist and Claire Ashworth - Technical Writer, GDS, 6 January 2023 - Accessibility

A design system can be tricky to make accessible, with its many parts and users. We’ve made an accessibility strategy to help increase our chance of success.

Accessibility in government

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