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Get involved with Digital Accessibility Week 2026

Digital Accessibility Week 2026 is a cross-government online event taking place from Monday 18 ending on Thursday 21 May which is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

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Future of Web Design London

Posted by: Joshua Marshall, Posted on: 22 April 2014 - Categories: Accessibility, Conferences

...Design London conference, held at the beginning of March so I could share how we've made GOV.UK and the tools that power it as accessible as possible. FOWD, as it's...

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GDS headed to CSUN

Posted by: Joshua Marshall, Posted on: 14 March 2014 - Categories: Accessibility, Conferences, CSUN

...working to progress the state of accessibility across the world. With workshops, events, 14 different tracks and multiple sessions per each of the three days of the conference itself, there...

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How to request accessibility testing from the GDS

Posted by: Joshua Marshall, Posted on: 20 February 2014 - Categories: Accessibility, Testing

...or the GOV.UK platform. The Service Manual guidance on accessibility testing states that we aim to test products end-to-end at least twice before they go live, so it's vital that...

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Do we need British Sign Language on GOV.UK?

Posted by: Joshua Marshall, Posted on: 13 November 2013 - Categories: Accessibility, BSL
Visual translation of 'hello' in British Sign Language by Jen Collins on Flickr

...lot of work across both the GDS and the wider government to ensure that each product team has the support they need when designing and building the services they provide....

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