Blog Posts

Accessibility Blog

Understanding accessibility

• What we mean when we talk about accessibility
• Consider the range of people that will use your product or service

Raising awareness

• How users change colours on websites
• Colour contrast - why does it matter?
• Dump your mouse for an hour

Accessibility and Me series

• Accessibility and me: James Buller
• Accessibility and me: Chris Moore
• Accessibility and me: Molly Watt
• Accessibility and me: Marian Foley
• Accessibility and me: Dealing with dyslexia
• Hope, inspiration and inclusion

Events

• What we talked about at the cross-government accessibility meetup

Code

• Using the fieldset and legend elements
• Using navigation landmarks

Content

• How to create content that works well with screen readers

Design

• Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility
• Patterns for accessible webchats

User Research

• Experiencing digital accessibility first-hand
• Research with blind users on mobile devices
• User research with people who are deafblind: it makes Sense

Accessibility team projects

Assistive Technology Survey

• Take the 2016 GOV.UK assistive technology survey
• Results of the 2016 GOV.UK assistive technology survey

Accessibility Testing Tool Audit

• What we found when we tested tools on the world’s least-accessible webpage

Discovery

• Tell us the challenges you face in delivering accessible services
• How to make accessibility easier for service teams

GDS Blog

• Writing content for everyone

GDS Engagement

• How to make blog posts accessible

GOV.UK Verify

• Accessibility research for GOV.UK Verify

Medium

• Using contractions could be making your writing inaccessible

Other recommended blog posts

• Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities