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Expert Resources: accessible design


These are the items that relate to accessible design found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • 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.
  • Amazon turn Veterans Centre into Alexa-enabled ‘smart centre’

    Robin Christopherson | 11 May 2023
    Blind Veterans UK, in collaboration with Amazon, has unveiled a new ‘smart’ system at its centre in Llandudno, Wales which uses Alexa devices to give veterans more independence, and carers new ways to communicate.
  • 5 top tips for making nature and your websites more accessible

    Robin Christopherson | 26 Apr 2023
    In this blog, AbilityNet’s Head of Digital Inclusion Robin Christopherson, MBE outlines some straightforward steps to making websites more accessible.
  • How digitally accessible are museums and heritage sites in the UK?

    Annie Mannion | 19 Oct 2022
    New report shows no major improvements for blind and visually impaired, D/deaf, hard of hearing, and neurodivergent visitors since 2018.
  • Prioritise wellbeing on World Mental Health Day 2022

    Adam Tweed | 10 Oct 2022
    Monday 10 October is World Mental Health Day and this year's theme is "making mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority."
  • The seven principles of universal design

    Robin Christopherson | 04 Oct 2022
    These seven principles guide the design process and educate designers and consumers about the characteristics of more usable products and environments, says Robin Christopherson MBE, AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion.
  • Useful insights into driverless vehicles for people with disabilities by Australian government

    Robin Christopherson | 26 Jan 2022
    AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion reviews Australia’s recent Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications partnered project with LaTrobe University and the iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre.
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