Digital Accessibility Experts

• Debunking Accessibility Myths

  Our team have been working in accessibility for many, many years.During that time, we’ve had to debunk many accessibility ‘myths’ in the minds of many people in organisations we work with, whether they’re Developers, Content Authors, Designers, Testers or Procurement Managers.All of these myths hold people back from doing accessibility well, or even doing it at all. Some myths have been around for as long as we have (e.g. websites can be 100% accessible). Others are more recent (e.g. AI tools can fix accessibility).In this session, our team share their favourite accessiblity myths and how to combat them, including;PDFS aren’t accessibleARIA fixes everythingAudits should be done just before launchPersonas are great for testingWCAG is the lawThis audio was originally recorded as a webinar.You can access the video recording of the webinar, and its transcript, here: https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/debunking-accessibility-myths/Access it for free by registering on HiHub (https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/) which will also give you access to recordings of all our past webinars, and keep you updated on upcoming webinars.

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• Trends in Digital Accessibility for 2025

  2024 was a big year for accessibility, with more and more companies committing to get accessibility right, WCAG 2.2 slightly moving the goalposts, and different AIs proving useful tools for accessibility or total red-herrings.In this essential session, our CEO Jonathan Hassell looks back at what we learned about what’s working best to help organisations deliver accessibility in 2024, and how we believe new technologies, devices, laws, and regulations will impact organisations in the next 12 months.Here’s our top 10 Accessibility Trends for 2025 that matter:Accessibility Legislation is getting tougher (the EAA now has teeth, and WCAG 2.2 is becoming more required)The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is pushing us Beyond one-time WCAG compliance by requiring us to embed accessibility in our maintenance processes and share how we’re doing thatThe EAA, is also pushing us to provide better Documentation of our services’ accessibility and support for questions from people with disabilities in Contact CentresIt is also pushing organisations beyond making software accessible, to also include making hardware accessible (in kiosks, ticket machines, and payment terminals)Vulnerability regulations are pushing us beyond ensuring websites and apps are accessible, to ensuring all our communications are accessibleAccessibility is being pushed now by economics more than DEI – embedding accessibility in Procurement of digital tools is key to the workplace of 2025AI only gets us 90% of the way – we need to learn to work with AI to use it best for accessibilityAI is now being sold as Assistive Technology – why it’s important for individuals needing ATs to tell us which AI is best for them, rather than technology suppliersAI Agents and GenUI are taking us to a possible future of personalised interfaces and ATs for all – and a complete reinvention of accessibility – how do you get ready for this?In 2025, your accessibility strategy needs to prove Return on Investment. But where can you find recent public ROI storiesIn the recording, you’ll get detail on all of these, how they’re helping organisations win from accessibility, and how we can help your organisation respond to each trend best.It could be the most important thing you hear about accessibility all year!This audio was originally recorded as a webinar.You can access the video recording of the webinar, its transcript, and a link to documents referenced in the session here: https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/what-you-need-to-know-about-trends-in-digital-accessibility-for-2025/Access it for free by registering on HiHub (https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/) will also give you access to recordings of all our past webinars, and keep you updated on upcoming webinars.

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• How to meet the accessibility needs of an increasingly diverse workforce​

  It’s great to see employers embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.However, the gap between the intention of inclusion and its reality can be vast. Not being able to fully access internal tools and communications can be frustrating at best and excluding at worst – whether that’s being unable to tab through a purchasing system for employees who find using a mouse a challenge, to getting the right information from RAG status charts if you’re colour-blind, or viewing company videos that don’t come with captions.Everyone in an organisation has a role to play in enabling accessibility to happen for staff – from procurement managers assuring the accessibility of digital tools they buy, to internal comms staff thinking about the accessibility of pages they create on their intranet.In this session we share key steps you can take to deliver internal digital tools and comms that deliver to both your organisation’s values, from having worked with large and small organisations, to make this happen.We touch on:How to ask your employees about their access needsHow to ensure the digital toolks you’re buying are accessibleHelp! I can’t change what we’ve bought… What do I do?How do you make sure your comms don’t let the side downThis audio was originally recorded as a webinar.You can access the video recording of the webinar, and its transcript, here: https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/how-to-meet-the-accessibility-needs-of-an-increasingly-diverse-workforce/Access it for free by registering on HiHub (https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/) will also give you access to recordings of all our past webinars, and keep you updated on upcoming webinars.

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• Work Harder or Work Smarter? How to Optimise Your Accessibility Strategy

  Accessibility can at times be overwhelming with multiple strands, projects, handovers and tasks to complete. In this webinar, we share what we think are smarter ways of working when it comes to accessibility, so that you maximise your time, energy and budget and get the most benefit out of every piece of work you undertake. In this webinar, with special guests from our client, ServiceNow, we discuss the benefits of:Design reviews vs Accessibility TestingJourney review vs WCAG reviewSpeed Dating vs guessing what customers thinkThe value of a great briefingLive Audits vs full auditUser Experience vs ComplianceIn the session we acknowledge the challenges and restrictions of standard approaches and share with you smart ways of working to get you a better/cheaper/more efficient approach.This audio was originally recorded as a webinar.You can access the video recording of the webinar, and its transcript, here: https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/work-harder-or-work-smarter-how-to-optimise-your-accessibility-strategy/Access it for free by registering on HiHub (https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/) will also give you access to recordings of all our past webinars, and keep you updated on upcoming webinars.

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• Accessibility & AI

  AI has the potential to transform many aspects of IT. So how it can help with accessibility? In this webinar we look at the pros and cons of various uses of AI in accessibility, to help you understand where it can accelerate your accessibility efforts, where you need to take care in using it, and how to separate the hype from the opportunities. Find out about:AI in accessibility testing – its strengths and limitations, and when human input is requiredAI in assistive technologies – strengths and limitations of AI in screen readers and text summary toolsHow to think about accessibility when you’re procuring AI toolsHow more accessible content (for example accessible PDFs) benefits those using AIOther areas where AI could benefit users with access needs, to build the case for new AI toolsHow to eliminate bias when you’re creating AI, by including users with disabilities throughout AI developmentThis audio was originally recorded as a webinar.You can access a copy of the webinar and its transcript here: https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/accessibility-ai/Access it for free by registering on HiHub (https://www.hassellinclusion.com/webinars/) HiHub will also give you access to recordings of all our past webinars, and keep you updated on upcoming webinars.

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