10 digital accessibility mistakes to avoid
10 digital accessibility mistakes to avoid
A list of common mistakes and simple fixes when designing and developing accessible websites and apps.
Accessibility matters at the Intellectual Property Office UK (IPO)
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Amy Price, Senior Digital Strategy Manager, Intellectual Property Office UK, Posted on:
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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
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Sean Snee, Communicating Analysis Support, Analysis Function, Posted on:
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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
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Peter Serjent, Strategy and Planning Theme Lead, Government Communications Service, Posted on:
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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
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David Cox - Senior Accessibility Specialist and Claire Ashworth - Technical Writer, GDS, Posted on:
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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.
Designing in a colour blind world
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Scott Forsyth, Senior Service Designer, CDIO Innovation, HMRC, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Accessibility and Me, Community, Design
In everyday life, being colour blind brings about challenges which normal sighted people probably aren’t aware of, like if a banana is ripe or unripe.
Some changes to the public sector digital accessibility regulations
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Chris Heathcote, Product Manager, Accessibility Monitoring, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Accessibility Regulations, Community, Content
The public sector digital accessibility regulations have changed. Find out more about what’s next for digital accessibility.
Related content and links
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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