This leader's guide is for anyone with responsibility for a digital team, product or service. It will help you work out how to build accessibility into your product or service from the start ..read more

We asked content designers from various government departments how they initially learned about accessibility and what they wished others would consider when creating accessible content ..read more

How the Department of Education (DfE) are supporting teams through user-focused accessibility and inclusive design guidance and training to ensure that everyone has access to the services they need ..read more

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provides a helpful framework for identifying technical accessibility issues, but what happens when the same issues crop up time and again? How can you find the causes and change the culture of the team behind the system ..read more

We want to share some top tips on writing and using alternative text to encourage everyone to add it into their content every day. Our tips can be applied no matter what software or application you’re using ..read more

Try the mouse challenge this Global Accessibility Awareness Day to understand the importance of inclusivity in digital spaces ..read more

The background At Government Digital Service (GDS), our mission is to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. As part of the GOV.UK One Login programme, we released the GOV.UK ID Check app for iOS and Android last ..read more

Whispers of a new ‘WCAG 2.2’ web accessibility standard flutter between coworkers, within and across the UK government. For teams working on services, the message carries an element of mystery. In any given service, how can areas that need Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 improvements be identified? Accessibility is a serious topic, but it doesn’t need to be daunting. It’s possible to sharpen accessible design skills and have some fun at the same time. So, welcome to the WCAG 2.2 Detective Agency! Let’s get you trained up. This article – or rather, this detective training cours ..read more

My name is Rachel, and I am currently the Service Design Lead at Basildon Council in Essex.  I am also a PhD Researcher in Service Co-design. This means working with service beneficiaries and the workforce to design a service to meet future needs and life events. I live with a disability that affects my immunity and mobility and this has really changed my approach to design (and re-design) of services. Current estimates in England and Wales show that approximately sixteen million people (around 24%) are known to be affected by a disability. However, this figure is reliant on the rates of ..read more

Why produce BSL content?  Around 150,000 people in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL), over half of whom are Deaf.  The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) says ‘BSL involves a combination of hand shapes and movements, lip patterns, facial expressions and shoulder movements. It has its own grammar and is structured in a completely different way from English.’ GCS publishes BSL guidance  The Government Communication Service (GCS) has published guidance on how to plan for and produce British Sign Language (BSL) content (GCS members only) where it is needed to meet ..read more