Helping you understand accessibility, better.

Everyone will experience exclusion, in some form, at some point in their life - with age, circumstance, or perhaps unexpected curveballs. Matt helps businesses, design studios, and students understand accessibility and inclusive design better so that more people can lead independent lives.

Upcoming talks

  • Being a colourblind designer

    15 October

    Matt is a designer. Matt is also colour-blind. This combination helps him see things from a different perspective.

    Being colourblind in a profession that requires a certain eye for detail has certainly generated lots of conversation over the years on how the condition impacts design decisions…

    Wordpress Accessibilty Day, Online

    FREE: Register to attend

  • Our path to inclusive design: Personal stories & practical tips

    15th October

    Four leading voices in accessibility - Catrina Baker-Bassett (DabApps),  Louise Bloom (Gain), William Bunch (Zoonou) and Matt Roberts (Sightsavers) - share the personal journeys that brought them into the world of web accessibility and inclusive design. 

    Digifest, Eastbourne

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Topics I cover

  • Accessibility, being a colourblind designer, having arthritis, embedding accessibility at work, inclusive design, ‘design’ as a career, …and everything in between.

Events, organisations, and businesses I’ve spoken to

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    D&AD: Design and Art Direction (D&AD), is a British educational organisation that was created in 1962 to promote excellence in design and advertising.

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    Creative Review: Online and print magazine focusing on commercial creativity, from design and advertising, to film and gaming.

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    Elephant: Elephant fuses together the best qualities of nostalgic pop-culture coverage with the intellectual rigour of traditional arts reporting.

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    British Interactive Media Association (BIMA): Connectors, thought leaders, champions, and changemakers in the UK digital and tech industry.

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    Econsultancy: Helping marketing, L&D, and ecommerce leaders stay ahead of the digital landscape through continuous upskilling of their teams.