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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.

  • TechShare Pro 2023: Championing Digital Accessibility, AI, and the Business Case for Inclusivity

    Freya Robinson | 06 Nov 2023
    More than 150 thought leaders, technology experts, and advocates from around the UK, Europe and the world will come together at AbilityNet TechShare Pro - Europe’s premier technology conference dedicated to digital accessibility and inclusivity - on 14-15 November. 
  • 10 digital accessibility insights from C-Suite professionals: FREE download

    Sarah Botterill | 30 Nov 2021
    AbilityNet’s exclusive survey of C-Suite professionals reveals what the C-Suite thinks about digital accessibility. Below are ten critical statistics are taken from the survey.We’ve also listed related links that answer some of the issues raised.
  • How to secure a budget for digital accessibility

    Sarah Botterill | 31 Aug 2021
    As 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. 
  • Working together to tackle the digital divide

    Sarah Botterill | 30 Jun 2021
    Spurred 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. 
  • Can the European Accessibility Act level up access to digital services?

    Barry Collins | 30 Mar 2021
    Can 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.
  • When will the European Accessibility Act take effect?

    Sarah Botterill | 29 Mar 2021
    The 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...
  • On its 32nd birthday we ask “is the web accessible to all?”

    Robin Christopherson | 11 Mar 2021
    On 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...
  • How the BBC designed an accessible typeface

    Sarah Botterill | 08 Mar 2021
    The BBC shares information creating a digitally friendly, inclusive typeface. This article is based on a session aired at TechShare Pro 2020. 
  • Celebrating inclusion for International Women’s Day 2021

    Sarah Botterill | 07 Mar 2021
    The 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...
  • Online retail is booming, but is it accessible?

    Sarah Botterill | 25 Jan 2021
    Online 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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