This blog explores accessibility and universal service design from both a professional and personal experience and suggests what might be happening next.
The Government Communication Service has published guidance including handy tips to help departments deliver better British Sign Language content to meet the needs of Deaf BSL users.
UK government services can use the GOV.UK Design System to help meet the latest accessibility guidelines, before monitoring for WCAG 2.2 starts in October 2024.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines apply to public sector mobile apps. The Accessibility Monitoring team shares its approach to app testing.
We asked organisations who have completed the auditing process to share the impact of the report, the challenges faced and their top tip for meeting regulations.
As communicators, we must take care to make our content as easy to understand and accessible as possible.
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.
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