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Joshua Marshall is Head of Accessibility at GDS. Just before Christmas, we sat him down for a short chat about his work. In Joshua’s opinion, the single most important thing GDS has done to improve accessibility across government is “change …
Today is the 2013 International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year's theme, “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all”, resonates deeply with me. My work at the GDS since I became a Civil Servant …
Back in May of this year I tweeted about how impressed I was that London-based agency ustwo had released an update to their "Pixel Perfect Precision" handbook, which included a new section on accessibility. The handbook, written so that new …
Recently, we asked the Centre for Information Design Research (CIDR) at the University of Reading to review the GOV.UK Style Guide to ensure it meets the needs of users online. They’ve completed their review, and we asked them to write …
Last year we decided to drop the accessibility statement from GOV.UK. This week I was asked whether this decision sent out the wrong message to organisations wanting to make a public commitment to becoming accessible. So now seems like a good …
Hello! I'm Léonie Watson. I'm working with Government Digital Service (GDS) on the accessibility of the beta site. This is the first of a series of accessibility focused posts I'll be putting together over the next few months.
It is vital that the Government's live web sites are as accessible as possible for everyone. There can be no argument about that - their audience is everyone. With a short, agile, project like Alpha.gov.uk (we've had just over 10 …
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