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  • Guide Dogs and Tech innovations: Celebrating International Assistance Dog Week

    Robin Christopherson | 24 Jul 2024
    AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion, Robin Christopherson explores the cutting-edge technologies enhancing the abilities of assistance dogs, showcasing the incredible synergy between traditional support and modern innovation.
  • The dangers of AI-generated fake news for the UK general election

    Robin Christopherson | 17 Jun 2024
    Disabled people can be more at risk from fake news. We share resources and advice for how to combat misinformation to help you check if a source is credible, including Ask-Silver.com.
  • How well have the public sector accessibility regulations been applied?

    Robin Christopherson | 22 May 2024
    The Central Digital and Data Office report finds digital accessibility issues on nearly all tested websites.
  • How Alexa – and AbilityNet – are helping older users feel more connected

    Robin Christopherson | 20 Dec 2023
    Angela Rippon,has joined with Amazon to help raise awareness of the power of voice assistants to help reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation.
  • 5 new accessibility tools to help game developers

    Robin Christopherson | 15 Dec 2023
    Leading game developer, Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that it will make five of its proprietary accessibility tools free to use by other game developers.
  • How to successfully kick off your Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM) journey

    Robin Christopherson | 07 Nov 2023
    The AbilityNet Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM) is a free, open-source tool that helps organisations assess their digital accessibility maturity and develop a plan for improvement.
  • How to use the AbilityNet Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM)

    Robin Christopherson | 07 Nov 2023
    The AbilityNet Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM) is a free, open-source tool that helps organisations assess their digital accessibility maturity and develop a plan for improvement.
  • Tips on how to draft your accessibility action plan

    Robin Christopherson | 07 Nov 2023
    The AbilityNet Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM) is a free, open-source tool that helps organisations assess their digital accessibility maturity and develop a plan for improvement.
  • How to make smart energy technology more inclusive

    Robin Christopherson | 29 Aug 2023
    In August 2023, UK consumer support charity Citizens Advice published a guide to assist the energy industry in ensuring that everyone can take advantage of cleaner, more affordable energy.
  • Apple are helping eradicate the curse of CAPTCHA

    Robin Christopherson | 30 Jun 2023
    In 2015, I wrote about how CAPTCHA challenges have been a constant source of frustration – and even exclusion – for people with disabilities ever since they were devised to try to sort the humans from the robots. 
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