PinnedPublished inThe Readability GroupA guide to understanding what makes a typeface accessibleAnd how to make more informed design decisions.Aug 14, 20201.4K5Aug 14, 20201.4K5
Best Practice Guidance for Disability Portrayal and Creative Casting in TV Dramas and MoviesThe principle purpose of storytelling and characterisation in drama or film is to help us learn about each other, and broaden our…Jan 262153Jan 262153
Published inUX CollectiveAccessibility data is not the enemyThe following blog post has recently done the rounds and it is yet another article about accessibility that doesn’t quite add-up, and is…Jan 14, 20221711Jan 14, 20221711
Published inUX CollectiveThe DoctorA guide to the visual language of closed captions and subtitlesIf you have ever watched a film or TV programme, or gone to an opera or theatre production with either captions (subtitles in the UK) for…Nov 2, 20211963Nov 2, 20211963
Published inUX CollectiveA 10-step approach to inclusive branding, using the BBC as an exampleA few days ago the BBC announced and presented it’s new branding system, and with tired predictability there was a backlash from anyone…Oct 24, 2021180Oct 24, 2021180
Digital Accessibility at the BBC, How it all BeganBack in the spring of 2005 I was not an Accessibility Specialist, I was managing a team that produced TV trails. I then had a chance…Oct 6, 202123Oct 6, 202123
Published inLevel Up CodingWhy Accessibility Policies Are Important, And What Can Be Learned From The BBC.This article is not just an explanation of the BBC’s policies and wider regulatory framework for accessibility, but it is also intended to…Sep 19, 2021105Sep 19, 2021105
Published inUX CollectiveWhy can inequalities appear in digital accessibility?The world is full of questionable design outcomes due to unconscious biases, political agendas or a lack of empathy, and working as a…Sep 18, 202164Sep 18, 202164
Published inLevel Up CodingHow To Start An Accessibility Champions Network, The BBC’s Story.This is both the history and an outline of the approach of the BBC’s Accessibility Champions Network.Sep 5, 2021552Sep 5, 2021552
Published inUX CollectiveThe disability and accessibility data desert is growing bigger every dayAfter reading about the Paralympian, Aramitsu Kitazono, being hit by a Toyota driverless vehicle at the Tokyo Paralympics, and the lack of…Aug 29, 202139Aug 29, 202139
Published inUX CollectiveUX=Accessibility & Accessibility=UXFollowing on from my article on Legal Experience Design, I began wondering what Accessibility would look like as a framework if it was UX…Aug 16, 20213962Aug 16, 20213962
Published inUX CollectiveWhat are accessibility overlays good for?Accessibility overlays have come in for some serious criticism in recent weeks, but are they as bad as everyone says they are? If you are…Aug 4, 20211923Aug 4, 20211923
Published inUX CollectiveHow will long-Covid change the accessibility landscape?I’m sitting here contemplating my new and rather mysterious condition Long-Covid and wondering how this is changing the way I, and many…Jul 26, 2021102Jul 26, 2021102
Published inUX CollectiveWhy has User Experience Design become Legal Experience Design?Why has it been necessary for lawmakers to tell designers how to do their job? This is a question that is long overdue for discussion.Jul 14, 2021186Jul 14, 2021186
Published inLevel Up CodingThe biggest unanswered accessibility questions for any organisationPart 1 of 2.Jun 29, 20211732Jun 29, 20211732
Published inUX CollectiveThe little book of accessibilityIf I had a TARDIS and could travel back in time to 2005, which is when I founded the BBC’s Digital Accessibility Team, what would I say to…Nov 26, 20211K5Nov 26, 20211K5
Published inThe Readability GroupWhat’s In A Word?Finding a trusted methodology for evaluating font accessibility for both vision impairment and cognitive accessibility.Apr 22, 202181Apr 22, 202181
Published inUX CollectiveUX Principles that include Cognitive AccessibilityUX Design for the 20% of your audience who are neurodivergent.Sep 17, 20204314Sep 17, 20204314