Expert Resources: inclusive design


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

  • Play with this inclusive 360 player to help accessibility research

    Robin.Christopherson | 16 Mar 2020
    Find out more about virtual reality, and test the University of Salford's pilot web player.

  • Music: Not Impossible for the hard of hearing

    Adam Tweed | 25 Feb 2020
    When Mick Ebeling of Not Impossible Labs considered the way D/deaf and hard of hearing people experience music; the monotonous thump of the subwoofer, he thought it was absurd. Working with jazz musician and songwriter Mandy Harvey who lost her hearing at University, Not Impossible Labs created...

  • How 12 organisations are using AI for good

    Guerman Botten | 19 Feb 2020
    Microsoft's AI for Good programme uses tech to boost environmental sustainability, accessibility, humanitarian action and cultural heritage. 

  • Research shows businesses lose £17 billion by ignoring accessibility needs

    Annie Mannion | 11 Feb 2020
    Click-Away Pound report highlights majority of disabled customers choose to pay more for a product from an accessible website than buy from an inaccessible website.

  • Making gaming accessible to the masses

    Mark.Gaddes | 10 Jan 2020
    We look at how accessible gaming is being brought to the masses with organisations investing in accessibility education and know how. This following an Accessibility Gaming session at the sold out TechShare Pro 2019 conference.

  • Accessibility for designers and developers

    Mark.Gaddes | 03 Jan 2020
    Learning accessibility considerations can help your organisation to shift left, preventing issues which can otherwise be costly to fix, both in terms of time and resources. Plus adhering to best practice will improve the user experience for everyone, including those with diverse access needs.

  • The Carrots and the Sticks of Inclusive Design

    Robin.Christopherson | 05 Dec 2019
    Last week saw the enormously successful TechShare Pro 2019 conference and one of the most interesting and enlightening sessions was the expert panel concerning ‘The Carrots and the Sticks of Accessibility’; the carrots of course being the compelling ethical and business cases and the sticks being...

  • 6 things we learned about accessibility at TechShare Pro 2019

    Claudia.Cahalane | 28 Nov 2019
    TechShare Pro is the UK's leading accessibility and inclusive design conference, and this year's event was over two days, giving even more opportunities for connecting, sharing and learning.

  • Businesses are missing out on the purple pound, says Scope

    Sarah Botterill | 20 Nov 2019
    Inclusive design is key to unlocking the purple pound says Scope speaking at AbilityNet’s TechShare Pro 2019

  • Caroline Casey does not believe in à la carte inclusion - speaking at TechShare Pro 2019

    Mark.Gaddes | 20 Nov 2019
    We were delighted to hear from Caroline Casey as the first keynote speaker at TechShare Pro 2019 - the UK's leading accessibility and inclusive design event. Caroline is leading The Valuable 500 campaign and started by playing the DIVERSish video - below - which dramatises the asto