Strategising Content and Accessibility at Valla
I’ve just begun work at a startup as their Content & Accessibility Strategist. So… what does that actually mean?
Five ways to make your content less ableist
Words matter, and they can hurt. Here are some ways to make your language more inclusive of disabled people.
The disabled glass ceiling: Why you shouldn’t ignore part time applicants
If you’re ignoring part time applicants, you’re disproportionately ignoring women and disabled people, and the skills they bring.
Labelled left-handed: Autism acceptance and the right scissors
Lefthandedness, with its sinister history, can teach us a lot about disability acceptance and accommodations.
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Pain in the leg: How my feet affect my digital experience
Being in pain – physical or emotional – affects our cognitive capacity. We can all learn lessons from the pandemic to bring into content design work.
Playing the spoilsport: this title is devoid of puns
Making content inclusive can involve hard work and compromise. Don’t disable your users for your own convenience.
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Don’t leave us behind along with the pandemic
Lockdown has given us an opportunity to revise our idea of normal to keep it accessible and inclusive.
Why we shouldn’t be asking ‘Is it accessible?’
How a bricked up door got me thinking about how we should take ownership of our design choices and who they are disabling.
Content Accessibility Champion: A job title for tomorrow?
I will never stop striving to make content easier to read. My assumed job title of Content Accessibility Champion sums up everything I’ve been trying to do in my career.
Access for all – my plea for human-centred design
As I leave the my role in University of Edinburgh website publishing after a decade’s work, here’s my final plea to you all to keep real human beings at the centre of digital publishing.