We published a top tip in last month’s newsletter on how to go about ensuring you have accessible video and audio on your website, so I thought I’d put my thoughts up on the blog as well.
Accessibility isn’t just limited to the text on your website - it applies to all types of content including … Read more about ‘Accessible video and audio’
After A-level exams is an incredibly stressful time for students. Despite the fact the exams are confined to the bin of history and you’ve done all you can, you still can’t help worrying about it. I’ve discovered it’s extremely difficult to actively stop thinking about something. I spent the first quarter of the holiday trying … Read more about ‘Guest blog - Forms, forms and more… forms’
For the first 3 years of his education Rhodri Buttrick was unable to learn to read or write. His parents, due to their tenacity, finally got a diagnosis of Dyslexia and Dyspraxia for him and were able to place him in an specialist school where his specific learning needs were accommodated.
Rhodri can ride a bike … Read more about ‘Guest blogger on accessibility’
I’ve been following ‘British Hacker’ Gary McKinnon’s story in the press for a long time. Today I hear that he is one step closer to being extradited to the US to face charges of breaking into US military and Nasa computers. What is particular about this case is that Mr McKinnon has Asperger’s and admits … Read more about ‘Disabilities: to harness or to punish?’
As someone interested in usability testing for disabled users I’m always on the lookout for information about the general characteristics of different types of disability be it physical or cognitive. However this usually means a list of limitations. So it’s refreshing when I hear the championing of disabled people’s capabilities every now and again.
This morning … Read more about ‘Turning disabilities into abilities’