Plain English Tip Sheet
Writing in plain English helps your readers understand your message the first time they read it and makes it clear what action they need to take. These 10 steps will help!
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Accessible Lectures, Tutorials, and Sessions
Guidance for live sessions, both remote and in person, and how to make these as accessible as possible in Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Ben WatsonRunning accessible events
Whether you are putting on a large conference or a small meeting, virtual or in person, you should consider the needs of the people who may attend with seen or hidden disabilities. When putting on events think about how you make them accessible to all from start to finish.
George RhodesCreating meaningful alternative text
Properly explaining images and other graphics in text provides users of assistive technologies with the best chance of understanding the purpose of the image and/or the information it conveys. It's important to provide a comparative experience to everybody and alternative text best practices is one way we can work towards having more inclusive content.
Darren LeeMeeting WCAG 2.2
WCAG 2.2 is very close to becoming the new standard and at present it adds 9 additional success criteria and removes one success criterion from WCAG 2.1. This guide outlines what we need to do regarding this new standard and how to meet the new requirements
Darren LeeCaptions and transcripts for use in content
This guide provides useful information on when to use captions and transcripts, and how to write captions and transcripts.
Steve WilkinsonHow to write a disproportionate burden assessment
Disproportionate burden is a clause in the public sector accessibility regulations that allows organisations to avoid full compliance without penalty (not indefinitely) if the organisation proves that to achieve compliance would be a ‘disproportionate burden’. This guide shows you what content to include in a comprehensive disproportionate burden assessment.
George RhodesUnderstanding disproportionate burden
Disproportionate burden is a clause in the public sector accessibility regulations that allows organisations to avoid full compliance without penalty (not indefinitely) if the organisation proves that to achieve compliance would be a ‘disproportionate burden’. Making a disproportionate burden claim requires a lot of supporting evidence and can only be used for very specific cases.
George RhodesAccessibility in supplier contracts
The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 places all legal burden on the public sector body. Suppliers are not directly held responsible for the accessibility of their products that you decide to use. The only way to hold suppliers responsible for fixing accessibility issues or taking responsibility in the event of 3rd party products causing accessibility complaints is to include accessibility requirements into contracts.
George RhodesAccessible basic disclosure widgets
Learn how to create accessible basic disclosure patterns, using the correct ARIA and HTML for expandable widgets such as accordions and navigations
Darren Lee