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Unlocking Accessibility: Information Architects share their approach to digital accessibility and design with people with disabilities

A user-centred design team playing ‘empathy balloons’, a simple, cheap and engaging game to build empathy for people with diverse needs, especially those experiencing issues with cognition and/or dexterity.

Unlocking Accessibility: Information Architects share their approach to digital accessibility and design with people with disabilities

We asked information architects for advice on prioritising accessibility, educating teams, avoiding pitfalls, and using tools to ensure accessible information architecture.

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How to create content that works well with screen readers

Posted by: Léonie Watson, Posted on: 8 February 2017 - Categories: Accessibility, Assistive technology, Content

We look at some of the things you have to think about when creating content to work well with screen readers.

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Accessibility and me: Molly Watt

Posted by: Molly Watt, Posted on: 9 January 2017 - Categories: Access needs, Accessibility, Accessibility and Me, Assistive technology
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In the latest blog post in our Accessibility and Me series, we talk to accessibility consultant Molly Watt, who is deafblind, about how she uses technology and why she believes that accessibility should mean making things available to everyone.

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What we talked about at the cross-government accessibility meetup

Posted by: Alistair Duggin, Posted on: 20 December 2016 - Categories: Accessibility, Community, Conferences
A speaker at the cross-government accessibility event in September

At the most recent cross-government accessibility event we discussed technical accessibility testing, user research, how to create accessible services and more.

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Patterns for accessible webchats

Posted by: Theodor Vararu, Posted on: 9 December 2016 - Categories: Accessibility, Code, Design

Earlier this year we built a custom prototype webchat, as part of the webchat alpha. We looked at which technologies help make webchat software more usable with screen readers.

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How to make accessibility easier for service teams

Posted by: Angela Collins Rees, Posted on: 2 December 2016 - Categories: Accessibility, User research
The Accessibility team analysing the research

Making services accessible means making services that anyone can use. It means creating and running them so that no one is excluded, whether they have a disability or not. From our discussions around government and from our growing accessibility community, …

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Accessibility and me: Dealing with dyslexia

Posted by: Guest author, Posted on: 15 November 2016 - Categories: Access needs, Accessibility, Accessibility and Me, Assistive technology

In this latest post in our Accessibility and Me series, we speak to a case manager at HM Revenue & Customs who has dyslexia and uses voice-dictation software Dragon. We talk to them about access requirements, the technology they use …

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