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Christian, Head of Accessiblity at Government Digital Service, part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Terrible puns. Music wot I wrote at https://soundcloud.com/user-480796149
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(I would appreciate it if you shared this because it feels weird to write something like this and then have no one read it)

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

No one is just their disability. Culture, socioeconomic status, location,etc are a part of the disability experience. This carries over into accessibility. It's important to think about when addressing access barriers. It's important to have voices in the field that aren't the usual seen in tech.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

June in Birmingham is apparently a slightly less hot ticket than London in April so there are still some spaces available for the next Product for the People meet-up - it is for public service adjacent people interested in product management - we like to keep it wooly 😆 lu.ma/xjlliuqd

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Be bold, but don't overuse bold in text. It is less readable for some people, both from a visual point of view and a neurodivergence point of view. Overuse also means that people don't necessarily know what the most important points are. Too much bold text can lose impact. #accessibility #a11y

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Job hunting advice for women and people of the global majority: apply for the job. - You're worried that you don't quite meet the requirements? - That your experience doesn't exactly match what they're looking for? - The conditions aren't quite what you need (part time, location or remote)? 1/3

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags. #GAAD #GAAD2025

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

One of the things I find useful about going to events. It isn’t necessarily the topics covered or new network connections. Sometimes it is the ideas that they spark in me and I write down. #a11y #accessibility #GAAD

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

English is fun. “The latest podcast has dropped” - great. “The podcast has been dropped” - bad.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

1) fried, 2) grilled, 3) slow cooked, 4) barbecued, 5) baked, ….. , 49) poached, 50) baked 50 Ways to Love Your Liver #RateMyPun #LunchPun

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures www.disabilitynewsservice.com/activists-le...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Silly question perhaps, but why would we be importing ethanol to make beer? Are some beers not brewed by fermentation any more?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

hidde.blog/interactions...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Really well analysed and clearly and simply explained. Shockingly bad inaccessible output from @figma.bsky.social sites, more than 25 years after the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines were introduced, and the web was designed to be accessible. #a11y #Accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Why are companies still creating tools that produce inaccessible output @figma.bsky.social ?

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

They could have made Figma output as web pages accessible, but clearly chose not to. Digital web accessibility isn't new. It is like an architect producing plans for a new building without level access.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Spot the error in “Pylons are usually made of steel, due to its strength. To avoid the steel conducting an electrical current from the high-voltage cables into the tower, ‘insulators’ are used. These are usually made of materials that won’t conduct an electrical current, such as porcelain or glass.”

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Remembering my Grandparents who served during WWII, and those often forgotten: 2.5 million South Asians (including Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims), 1 million Africans (mainly Kenyans), and the 10s of thousands of Caribbeans (mainly Jamaicans). When they fought Fascism they fought it together. #VEDay

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Your organisation should have an #AssistiveTechnology catalogue, giving a shortlist of available equipment while allowing for flexibility in adapting to employees' health conditions or disabilities. But where should you start? Read our free guide: businessdisabilityfo... #BDFTechTaskforce #A11y

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments