Accessibility and inclusive design related resources
Organisations
Nomensa
Award-winning experience design agency in London and Bristol. We create websites, apps & solutions to grow your business.
AbilityNet
We support a wide range of users; from older or disabled people looking for help with their technology to digital professionals advocating for accessibility and inclusion best practices within their organisation.
Tetralogical
Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.
Beautifully accessible
A Beginner's Guide to Digital Accessibility is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to make their digital products more inclusive and accessible.
Cosmic Velocity
We are UX design studio that helps companies design inclusive products and services, do better research and create happier teams.
Open Inclusion
We are a global inclusive research agency, that positively addresses disability and age-inclusion through broader and deeper authentic insights, participatory design and inclusive innovation.
Listen include respect
The Listen Include Respect guidelines help organisations understand what they need to do to make sure people with intellectual disabilities are included in their work.
Watch this sp_ce
Watch This Sp_ce is a UK diversity & inclusion consultancy. We work to recruit, retain, & develop a diverse workforce to ensure an even balance for all.
Ablly
Ab11y, the accessibility insights people. We don't make your product accessible; we give you the tools to reveal, measure, and track your product's accessibility performance.
Humanly
Humanly is an award-winning design studio specialising in human-centred design for social impact.
RiDC (Research institute for Disabled Consumers
A national leader in inclusive research, transforming how businesses, government, and charities approach the needs of disabled and older consumers.
Events and conferences
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between.
TechShare Pro
TechShare Pro conference is Europe's largest event for the accessibility and disability inclusion community.
Axe-con
Talks at axe-con will include case studies from enterprise companies leading in large-scale accessibility efforts, as well as best practices and updates from technology leaders around the world.
Disabled&
Community-Driven Events for Disabled Creatives. Disabled& is a first-of-its-kind community that celebrates disability not just as an identity, but as a source of style, ambition, creative power and connection.
Wordpress accessibility day
WP Accessibility Day is dedicated to promoting and learning website accessibility best practices for WordPress websites.
Videos
Designing for People with Cognitive Disabilities and Everyone Else
BIMA Inclusive Design Talks: My Cadbury Era by Bernadette from VCCP (Youtube)
'Conformant' doesn't mean 'accessible' - AccessIncWorld (Youtube)
Accessible Design: WCAG or Trendy? No, WCAG AND Trendy! (WP Accessibility Day)
How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars (Youtube)
Guides and toolkits
Inclusive Design Toolkit, by Microsoft
Age
Neurodiversity (Dyslexia, ADHD, Austism)
Gender
Books and magazines
Race and ethnicity
Articles
Numbers (Dyscalculia and low numeracy)
Dyscalculia, from British Dyslexia Association
Designing for People With Dyscalculia and Low Numeracy (+ PDF poster)
Books to read
MisMatch
In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion.
Available to buy: Mitpress
Tools to use
Testing
Creating acceptance criteria - Intopia
Available to use: intopia-ac.vercel.app
Colours
Colour contrast checker
Available to use: colourcontrast.cc
Text
Hemingway app
Available to use: hemingwayapp.com
Articles
Mission Impossible - Accessibility Job Roles
Available to read: craigabbott.co.uk
VisitEngland Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Toolkit for Businesses
Available to read: visitbritain.org
Accessibility: Are We Nearly There Yet?
Available to read: llbonline.com
Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
Available to read: tetralogical.com
If you work with someone who has migraine
Available to read: migrainetrust.org
'Blind goggles help highlight access issues'
Available to read: bbc.co.uk