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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

Part of my role as the Head of Accessibility for the GDS is to speak to different groups about the work we do, and to work with the rest of...

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GDS headed to CSUN

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

Next week sees the return of the 29th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference and, while we're not presenting any sessions this year, I will be attending the...

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How to request accessibility testing from the GDS

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

We get lots of requests to provide guidance on building accessible services, and also for us to test the products that are being developed as part of the exemplar program...

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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

View Do we need British Sign Language on GOV.UK? (BSL Translation with subtitles) on YouTube. It's been over a year since we made GOV.UK a live service and made it...

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