Carina Birt, Author at UK Association for Accessible formats

If the journalism is sound - and I can’t see anything not to think that at the moment - there’s a genuinely shocking story just out on Huffpost that anyone who cares about not just accessibility but democracy needs to be concerned about: Disabled people could be denied their right to vote independently and in secret in the now-confirmed UK end of May European elections, because there’s been no planning on how to help them.

Two really interesting news items crossed my UKAAF desk these past few weeks, starting with a really encouraging precis of accessibility progress that’s being made for Londoners, which I found out about in a nice piece entitled 5 Ways London's Transport Is Being Made More Accessible on Londonist.

A couple of interesting news items have crossed my desk recently that exemplify how technology is continuing to make a really useful contribution to helping with accessibility.

For example, I was really interested to note how AI (Artificial Intelligence) is helping people in the real world – with this great story, originally published in Les Echos …

Last month, high profile developer-focused independent analyst firm RedMonk held its 8th annual ‘Monkigras’ conference in the Plexal innovation centre in Stratford, London, with a theme this year of ‘Accessibility’. Team UKAAF was there too!. Here, the group’s Analyst & Co-Founder James Governor explains why

A US court this week told one of the most popular British food brands it needs to pull its accessibility socks up.

Domino’s Pizza must now take steps to ensure its mobile app is fully accessible to every user who might fancy it as their takeaway choice, as the BBC reported on Wednesday.

The case came under …

Membership and Fundraising Board Member for UKAAF, Tim Nelms explains how organisations like yours can play a part in supporting accessible document standards and meet the needs of customers and clients with print impairments

UKAAF board member and Connect MD, Susan Day, recently took part in a cross-party Parliamentary consultation at the House of Commons about the provision of assistive technology within the DSA allowance. Here, she reports on her day, which she says showed a mix of MPs and other professionals working within education bringing a wealth of information and suggestions for improvement within the sector

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