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The Importance of Website Accessibility

Ensuring Inclusivity and Compliance In today's digital age, having an online presence is essential for individuals, businesses, and organizations of... read more »

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We are going on a scavenger hunt!

Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt? It is an exciting and interactive recreational game in which participants work... read more »

On the left is a screenshot of the Access by Design website, showing their accessibility tool, navigation, and a large interactive graphic displaying some of their portfolio. If a mouse hovers over any one of them, it is raised gently and settles down again as the mouse moves away from it. On the right is a screenshot of the same website in a plain format, with all of the accessibility options, page links and text over a plain white background

How do you balance aesthetics with accessibility?

Two images, same website There are two images above. The image on the left is of our website. The image... read more »

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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, otherwise known as WCAG

What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? This is perhaps the most common starting point when you first come across... read more »

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A staircase and a ramp are both OK!

A perfect world? We would all love it if we lived in a world where every website or web portal... read more »

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Are having featured images on a web page important?

Asking ChatGPT I asked ChatGPT had to say and it gave me some excellent answers, including why adding an Alt... read more »

Website Accessibility Webinar

It is always wonderful meeting like-minded people! It was such a privilege to take part in a webinar about a... read more »

What will a website accessibility audit give me?

Understanding why A website accessibility audit will provide you with valuable insights into the accessibility of your website for users... read more »

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Please do not use Filenames as Alt Text

Hopefully, most of us have heard of Alt Text and how important it is. It is used to provide... read more »

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Overlays do not just affect disabled people!

A great start to the week! Monday morning. My car won’t start and I have a one-hour drive home ahead... read more »