Inclusive design is better design for everyone youtube.com/shorts/a5Lzr...

My webinar on making printed and digital content #accessibility is now available as a standalone video with descriptions and captions in: English, Ukrainian, Malay, Arabic, Czech, German, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish. youtu.be/AO9XXkrACtU?...

I've made a laminated sign for the back of my work laptop, to be visible to people on the desks opposite me.

We just ordered some paw protecting boots for our greyhound. Check out the range of mobility aids available for cute dogs zoomadog.co.uk

My 3rd blog post: A product idea for everyone who wonders if their pet has had food recently or not.

2nd blog post: My pre-millennium business idea to ensure those returning home from work had breakfast tomorrow morning. This has been rattling around my head for 25 years. It's time to put it out there and think about what could have been. What's the wistful business that you never made happen?

I just verified my age by getting a traffic update from the flying eye.

As it's my first, my blog article's title is ironic. Yet it has stirred me to start writing again. This is my heartfelt goodbye to Nightline, the organisation that shaped and consumed a huge part of my life, making me who I am today.

Accessibility job descriptions should have an honest indication of how much of the role is being an audit machine and how much is the actual interesting stuff. Big difference between using an audit as a consultation tool and doing constant audits with occasional “fun” stuff as a treat.

Idea: To encourage people to go up and down the correct side of stairs, add an angle to the central handrail. Has this been done anywhere? Was it effective (combined with other techniques)? If not why not? #UX #nudge #DragonsDen #idea #crowdcontrol

The (National) Nightline Association is closing down. Very sad. There are 3 farewell events happening in the next few days in Manchester, Edinburgh and London. Come along if you were ever involved. Sign up at linktr.ee/NightlineAss...

A reminder that Axe-Con, the worlds largest virtual #accessibility conference, is next week! I’ll be talking about how to design for neurodiversity with lots of practical examples! If you don’t fancy that, there’s a whole line up of incredible speakers, and registration is free! lnkd.in/ert_uZe2

Suggestions for how to make a one-off play of the board game Clue (Cluedo) accessible for a person with a severe sight impairment, and 4 sighted people?

If you want an unusual but good reply for those times people ask what the UK does well, mention the gov.uk and nhs.uk websites. Easy to navigate, simple to understand, accessible, and always genuinely useful.

Lego introduces characters wearing hidden disability sunflower lanyard

I was delighted to talk about accessibility to fellow communicators from organisations promoting themselves and #RareDiseaseDay. Watch the webinar featuring me alongside the brilliant Adéla Odrihocká, André Ruivo Félix and the RDD team. Big thank you to them all too. https://buff.ly/3Onusmj

Practice with mock questions for the #CPACC exam at a11y-consultant.netlify.app by brilliant Ashley Peacock. What a great contribution to the #accessibility #a11y cause *Pass* it on!

This is awesome fun and educational. We should all help it grow. Well done and thank you @chrisjholloway.bsky.social

I was delighted to talk about accessibility to fellow communicators from organisations promoting themselves and Rare Disease Day. Watch the webinar featuring me alongside the brilliant Adéla Odrihocká, André Ruivo Félix and the RDD team. Big thank you to them all too.

A reminder that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines success criterion 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide isn't an instruction to stop making your website accessible and hide, but ensure that any animations etc. stop after a few seconds or can be easily stopped by users. #AccessibilityRegulations #A11y

Accessibility extends far beyond the disabled experience. All aspects of life should be accessible for every individual. We should all be fighting for these rights, regardless of disability status

New to @bsky.app? We’ve got some etiquette just for you! Turn on the little feature that reminds you to post alt text with your images. Alt text allows blind and partially sighted people to understand what's in your images using screen readers. Without alt text, it just says "image".

Blog by me and my team: #Accessibility assurance reviews of the practices of digital product delivery teams, to examine their effectiveness for creating inclusive systems. This is the strategic step beyond testing, that accessibility pros need to adopt. accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/03/t...

TIP: To embed something into your mind, such as a new behaviour at work or a task to do. Set it as one of your passwords, so you are reminded of it a few times each day. For example "checkPosts4accessibility." I've found this very useful."

Help us make digital services at the heart of government accessible. Join our great team plus the brilliant cross-government accessibility and other professional communities. £41k+ hybrid working (60% office) Get in touch to chat about it. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Nice, the European Union has officially stated that accessible overlays do not work. This isn't news to most of us, but it's always nice to have something official to point at! commission.europa.eu/resources-pa...

I really enjoyed speaking at UNICEF UK about my disability experience and accessibility advice. Abigail and co are doing great things to develop the accessibility of their workplace - keep up the efforts to get everyone building an inclusive culture! www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Another senior accessibility specialist job opportunity here at Home Office. It's not in my team but I'm sure we'd work closely together and you'd be part of the community we're building here. (Revised link) www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Get your applications in by the end of 15 October. Looking forward to reading them.

Ever dream of becoming a spy? That ship may have sailed 😅... but you can still be a hero by becoming a Senior Accessibility Specialist for MI5 🕵️ Put code under surveillance, sneak up on errors, build a more accessible web. Be the #a11y 007 you know you can be. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/37... #job

Come help us make digital services at the heart of government accessible. Join our great team plus the civil service accessibility, UCD & other communities £41k+ hybrid working Get in touch if you want to chat about it. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... #Accessibility #A11y

Web accessibility isn’t harder than any other web development concept.

Thanks for inviting me in. I'm looking forward to hanging out here.