Expert Resources: #accessibility
These are the items that relate to #accessibility found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Sarah Botterill | 31 Aug 2021As a digital professional, you know the benefits that come from an accessible website or app. Greater reach with customers, innovation, enhancing your brand reputation, better search performance and more. However, sometimes you need to win the business case internally and to convince your CEO, CFO...
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Sarah Botterill | 30 Jun 2021Spurred by the impact of Covid-19, telecom companies are offering services designed to close the digital divide and create equal access to technology.BT has launched its low-cost fibre package, Home Essentials, as research reveals that access to technology is essential for those on low incomes.
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Barry Collins | 30 Mar 2021Can the European Accessibility Act level the accessibility field in Europe? Experts from AbilityNet, Funka, Microsoft and the European Disability Forum explain what the Act is, when it takes effect, and how it might impact the lives of disabled people and providers of websites and digital services.
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Sarah Botterill | 29 Mar 2021The European Union published the European Accessibility Act in 2019.Three years later, by the end of June 2025, those requirements must be implemented in the products and services being sold in the EU (See timeline below).EAA timeline7 June 2019The European Union publishes the European...
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Robin Christopherson | 11 Mar 2021On the anniversary of its birth, we ask “is the web accessible to all?”The “power of the web is in its universality,” said Tim Berners-Lee, who submitted the original proposal that would ultimately become the worldwide web on 12 March 1989. Thirty-two years later AbilityNet's Head of Digital...
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Sarah Botterill | 08 Mar 2021The BBC shares information creating a digitally friendly, inclusive typeface. This article is based on a session aired at TechShare Pro 2020.
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Sarah Botterill | 07 Mar 2021The theme for 2021’s International Women’s Day 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, focusing on celebrating women’s achievements and helping to “collectively create a diverse and inclusive world”. AbilityNet believes in a digital world accessible to all, so we’ve chosen to celebrate a selection of inspiring...
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Sarah Botterill | 25 Jan 2021Online retail is booming but unless retailers make their websites accessible they'll exclude disabled people and miss out on millions in lost revenue. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to shopping online with digital giant Boohoo looking to snap up Debenhams and ASOS in the fray to...
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Sarah Botterill | 24 Jan 2021Twitter is ablaze with activity during TechShare Pro, with key influencers joining the accessibility conversation.Community is at the heart of TechShare Pro and the key to getting the accessibility message out beyond that community. As The Valuable 500's Caroline Casey said in a previous keynote:"...
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Sarah Botterill | 21 Nov 2019Expanding the accessibility community. Top Tweets from TechShare Pro 2019
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