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Accessibility

How organisations respond to accessibility monitoring

Keeley Talbot - Accessibility Officer - Government Digital Service, Andrew Mitchell - Digital Officer - Northumberland National Park Authority and Elisabeth Ellis - Communications Officer - Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, 23 August 2023 - Accessibility, Accessibility Monitoring

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.

Making a positive change: PDF to HTML

Samantha Merrett, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Ministry of Justice, Chris Comber - Graphic Designer - GRS/GBS, Stephanie Hill - Digital Content Lead - UK Health Security Agency and William Rees - Senior Content Designer - Welsh Government, 12 June 2023 - Accessibility, Accessibility Regulations, Content

As communicators, we must take care to make our content as easy to understand and accessible as possible.

Accessibility matters at the Intellectual Property Office UK (IPO)

Amy Price, Senior Digital Strategy Manager, Intellectual Property Office UK, 4 May 2023 - Accessibility, Community

Amy Price reflects on how the Intellectual Property Office UK (IPO) has made accessibility a priority by setting up a champions network and creating a supportive accessible environment.

Text descriptions for data visualisations

Sean Snee, Communicating Analysis Support, Analysis Function, 13 April 2023 - Accessibility

Sean Snee blogs about how the Analysis Function recommends providing alternative text for data visualisations, to ensure content is accessible to everyone.

British Sign Language Act: Improving how government communicates with the Deaf community

Peter Serjent, Strategy and Planning Theme Lead, Government Communications Service, 25 January 2023 - Accessibility, BSL

The British Sign Language Act 2022 requires the Government to report how departments in scope are using BSL when communicating with the public about policy and changes to the law.

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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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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