2019-08-30 07:36
Since ISO 30071-1’s launch, many people have asked me to summarise the Standard so they can quickly understand how it may help them in their accessibility work.
Back when we launched t… Read More
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Hassell Inclusion is a London-based inclusion and accessibility consultancy founded by internationally renowned expert Professor Jonathan Hassell
2019-08-13 23:05
Welcome to podcast 7 of our Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast series.
This month we’re doing something a bit different, talking with Rob Wemyss, one of our Hassell Inclusion A… Read More
2019-07-09 23:05
The brief
The British Broadcasting Corporation is the world’s leading public service broadcaster. Its mission is to enrich people’s lives with programmes that inform, educate an… Read More
2019-06-25 23:05
There’s a new international accessibility standard out – ISO 30071-1 – about embedding accessibility in your organisation and processes.
So why should we, as developers, ca… Read More
2019-06-12 00:00
Welcome to podcast 6 of our Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast series.
The business case for accessibility is really important for motivating organisations to invest in improving the… Read More
2019-05-29 23:00
Many people have said “2019 is the year inclusive design goes mainstream”. So it’s no wonder that this month’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day gained more interest… Read More
2019-05-27 15:47
We are delighted to announce that the new International Standard in Accessibility ISO 30071-1 has been launched.
After having led the creation of British Standard BS 8878, which the new Stan… Read More
2019-05-12 21:54
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) has arrived again.
To celebrate, we’re publishing this clip from a video interview I recorded with Jennison Asuncion – one half of the t… Read More
2019-05-07 19:51
Welcome to podcast 5 of our Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast series.
Most websites these days are created via some form of Content Management System (CMS) – over 27% of the w… Read More
What’s New In Accessibility In 2019 – Standards, Authoring Tools, Frameworks And Design Thinking
2019-04-18 14:19
This is the final part of my review of what is happening across the Digital Accessibility Ecosystem in 2019.
My previous blogs looked at advances in:
the reasons why organisations think th… Read More
2019-04-02 18:35
Alternate text for images
For many years the accepted way of making images accessible for people who can’t see them has been by providing alternative text using the alt attribute on th… Read More
2019-03-20 21:04
After many years, it feels like the business case for accessibility and inclusive design is becoming better understood and acted upon in businesses.
At Hassell Inclusion, and in the BS 8878… Read More
2019-03-12 20:04
Whether it’s applying for car insurance, a credit card, or organising delivery of a birthday present, many forms on websites need to collect dates from users. But what’s the best… Read More
2019-03-05 21:53
Welcome to podcast 4 of our Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast series.
At Hassell Inclusion we believe that each member of a digital development team has a role to play in ensuring t… Read More
2019-02-27 09:26
Over the last five years I’ve had the honour of training over 70 accessibility auditors.
Everyone has a unique way of approaching auditing, and there’s always a certain amount of… Read More
2019-02-19 10:05
The brief
Scope have campaigned for over fifty years to change attitudes and opinions about disabled people, to support those that need help with practical advice and emotional support, and… Read More
2019-02-12 16:26
HTML5 introduced a series of new input types for use in forms. One of these – input type="date" – was intended to simplify the collection of dates, and to reduce user errors whil… Read More
Boomers Are The Largest Generation In History – So How Do You Make Sure They Can Use Your Website?
2019-02-06 08:35
Many people think accessibility is only for people who have disabilities.
However, the groups of people who benefit from accessibility are actually much broader than that, including:
people… Read More
2019-01-30 08:28
We’re two podcasts in now, and are really enjoying the reactions to our Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast podcast that we’re hearing out there. Happy to have your comments he… Read More
2019-01-24 14:18
Accessibility is all about making digital solutions work for people with impairments, whether those impairments are permanent, fluctuating, progressive, temporary or situational. It’s… Read More
2019-01-16 06:46
In my last post My favourite accessible accordion pattern I discussed how you could use a combination of HTML elements, some JavaScript and some appropriate ARIA to create a fully acces… Read More
2019-01-09 09:50
Happy New Year!
It’s the time of year when people look ahead to what they think is going to be important in their part of the digital world this year. So we wanted to do the same for w… Read More
2019-01-02 06:40
Accessibility acceptance tests can come in many different forms. Some are technical and require the tester to look within the source code itself (traditionally known as white box testing).&n&hell…Read More
2018-12-26 21:37
Over Christmas I’ve been reflecting on this quote from Yacoob Woozeer in our team, from this month’s podcast:
“And even where people are being taught accessibility, it&rsqu&hell…Read More
2018-12-18 18:47
We’re delighted at the great response to our first Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast from Hassell Inclusion last month.
Having looked then at what we wished we’d have known w… Read More
2018-12-12 07:08
Accordions are useful components in web pages for hiding some content from users who may not need to, or wish to read it just now. Typical uses include ‘Frequently Asked Questions&rsqu&hell…Read More
2018-12-05 12:21
“Should be on every shelf of the head designer or strategist of any company that sells a product, or government agency that seeks to include all of their employees and constituents.&rd&hell…Read More
2018-11-28 07:59
What’s important for us, what’s important for the world
Recently, at a Dent event, I was introduced to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals:
Having worked in… Read More
2018-11-21 19:48
One of the great joys for people who have been working in accessibility for years is that organisations are now taking it more seriously than they have ever done before. Unfortunately, howev… Read More
2018-11-14 11:32
As Christmas approaches, all the traditional decorations, imagery and sounds appear. Trees are put up, fake snow is dotted about, and shopping centres pipe carols at us all. So how does Sant… Read More
2018-11-07 08:19
We’re delighted to announce the Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast from Hassell Inclusion!
We often meet people who are desperate to gain knowledge in accessibility. We present to t… Read More
2018-11-01 00:12
Three years ago I interviewed Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global Communications, at the CSUN conference in San Diego. Our conversation touched on topics like:
the importance of organisations hirin… Read More
2018-10-18 10:59
WCAG 2.1 has now been published. Many people are talking about what’s in it. But the more important question is: what’s in it for you?
A bit of background
By the middle of last y… Read More
2018-09-18 22:56
If you’re an Evernote user like me, you may have not had a good week last week.
In the blink of a product update I couldn’t find my favourite note-taking app in my Mac Applicatio… Read More
2018-08-23 09:33
“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language can do.” Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast & Slow (winner of… Read More
2018-08-03 15:04
As we saw in a previous blog article on Making the Most of Landmark Roles, screen reader users have ways of navigating around a page that are not currently supported natively by browser… Read More
2018-08-03 15:00
Accessibility (a11y) testing is a specialist skill. It can seem an overwhelming topic if you’ve not done it before. However, just because there are tests that do require detailed knowl… Read More
2013-08-04 14:00
“Applying the ADA to all Web sites may place uncertain, conflicting, burdensome, and possibly ruinous obligations on members of The Internet Association.”
This, according to &hell…Read More
2013-01-14 03:14
From WCAG 2.0 AA and Section 508 VPATs to RNIB/AbilityNet Surf Right, DAC and Shaw Trust accreditation, there are a lot of accessibility conformance badges out there.
So how do you know whic… Read More
2013-01-07 00:53
2012 was a year of real ups and downs for the de-facto Standards for web accessibility, WCAG 2.0:
It’s finally become ratified as an international Standard (ISO/IEC 40500:2012)
It&rsqu&hell…Read More
2012-12-20 16:45
Early this month the European Commission issued a proposal for a directive on “Accessibility of Public Sector Bodies’ Websites” (link opens a PDF).
This will requ… Read More
2012-12-03 00:30
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
And this year’s theme is “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all”.
So it was good… Read More
2012-10-24 15:26
The captions lawsuit between NAD and Netflix that I reported in June has now been settled.
Netflix Inc. and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) have submitted a joint Consent Decree t… Read More
2012-10-16 11:46
“Yes, but what about our legacy content?”
That’s one of the biggest barriers to doing something about accessibility that I have to get most of my clients past.
“Do we… Read More
2012-09-10 10:05
“We’re never going to see disability the same way again…”
Lord Coe, Chairman of Locog
Back in 2008 one of the worst things I read was a really offensive complaint by… Read More
2012-09-04 10:28
Like the huge and growing number of devotees tuning in to Channel 4′s fabulous coverage, I love the Paralympics.
And having them here in London at the moment is a major source of natio… Read More
2012-06-25 11:30
Last week, a U.S. federal judge allowed a lawsuit that would require Netflix to include closed captioning on all its Watch Instantly content to move forward, denying Netflix’s request… Read More
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