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11 November 2018 doesn’t just mark 100 years since Armistice, but also 100 years since the start of changing attitudes towards people with disabilities. I think most people would agree, that in war there are no winners, but t…
Read more of “100 Years on, how attitudes towards disability have changed”The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are recommendations for websites and their content to make them accessible for people with disabilities, produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG 2.0 has been around sinc…
Read more of “What is WCAG 2.1?”In July the Government Digital Service (GDS) wrote a blog post on why they use HTML instead of PDF. This post generated a large response on Twitter and on their blogpost through comments. There was so much response that GDS added an u…
Read more of “Will PDF survive the new EU accessibility regulations?”Christmas advert campaigns have changed and adapted as the way people consume media has changed. Adverts are no longer reserved just for the television but are used as part of a larger marketing plan including websites and social m…
Read more of “Christmas ad accessibility – It isn’t too late”An EU Directive is coming into force that will require public sector bodies to provide accessible websites and apps. This is a fantastic step toward making sure that all websites are accessible, with public sector bodies leading the …
Read more of “The Public Sector and Accessibility”On our recent blog post we talked about how turning off the blue light from your device could help your eyes and give you a better night’s sleep. Andriod has a built in function to turn off the blue light from your device, …
Read more of “How to turn off the blue light from an Android device”On our recent blog post we talked about how turning off the blue light from your device could help your eyes and give you a better night’s sleep. Windows has a quick and simple system to turn off the blue hue, called Night L…
Read more of “Turn on Night Light on Windows 10”On our recent blog post we talked about how turning off the blue light from your device could help your eyes and give you a better night’s sleep. Apple, the maker of iPhone have a simple system called Night Shift, and it…
Read more of “Turn on Night Shift on iOS”The University of Toledo has released a study showing that continued exposure to the blue light emitted from our smart devices, including laptops, tablets and mobile phones, can damage our eyes and lead to macular degeneration, a leadi…
Read more of “Turn off the blue light from your smart devices”In 2015 we had the great pleasure of working with Citizens Online, TinMouse animations and DAC on a video for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. With new EU accessibility directives and updated WCAG guidelines it’s easy to get…
Read more of “15 tips to making the internet accessible”