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.
Establishing accessibility in the DDaT Profession
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Beverley Newing - Accessibility Lead - MoJ and David Caldwell, Head of Technology and Digital Assurance, Home Office, Posted on:
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Accessibility
Recognising the growing importance of digital accessibility, David and Beverley outline how they’ve led work to include Accessibility Specialists within the DDaT Capability Framework to help better support and develop the growing number of accessibility professionals across government.
Websites need to be accessible to be inclusive
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Chris Heathcote, Product Manager, Accessibility Monitoring, Andrew Hick, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Government Digital Service and Keeley Talbot - Accessibility Officer - Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Accessibility Monitoring, Accessibility Regulations, Assistive technology, Testing
Making inclusion happen by helping the public sector identify and fix accessibility issues.
The Accessibility in government blog returns
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Samantha Merrett and Jessica Eley, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Accessibility Monitoring, Accessibility Regulations
The Accessibility in government blog is back and ready to introduce its two new owners. Find out more about who we are and what we plan to post about.
Setting up an Accessibility Book Club
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Beverley Newing - Accessibility Lead - MoJ, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Community
Interested in running an Accessibility Book club? Read about one at the Ministry of Justice Digital and Technology, with accompanying resources to help you get started.
Accessible by default at the Food Standards Agency
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Samantha Merrett, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Ministry of Justice, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Accessibility Regulations
Setting the course to becoming a much more inclusive organisation, the Food Standards Agency’s Accessibility Lead, Samantha Merrett, discusses her approach to improving awareness of accessibility and ensuring the organisation is pioneering the way. Where it all started The Public …
Creating empathy with users who have accessibility needs
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Clara Songaila - Lead Service Designer and Hari Chandrapal - User Researcher, Posted on:
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Access needs, Accessibility, Testing
The Digital Trade Finance Service team has been working hard to make its service more accessible, getting our whole team involved. This post explains how we used the GDS accessibility personas to do just that and what we learnt along the way.
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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