PinnedGareth Ford WilliamsinThe Readability GroupA guide to understanding what makes a typeface accessibleAnd how to make more informed design decisions.Aug 14, 20205Aug 14, 20205
Gareth Ford WilliamsinUX CollectiveAccessibility data is not the enemyThe following blog post has recently done the rounds and it is yet another article about accessibility that doesn’t quite add-up, and is…Jan 14, 20221Jan 14, 20221
Gareth Ford WilliamsinUX CollectiveThe DoctorA guide to the visual language of closed captions and subtitlesIf you have ever watched a film or TV programme, or gone to an opera or theatre production with either captions (subtitles in the UK) for…Nov 2, 20213Nov 2, 20213
Gareth Ford WilliamsinUX CollectiveA 10-step approach to inclusive branding, using the BBC as an exampleA few days ago the BBC announced and presented it’s new branding system, and with tired predictability there was a backlash from anyone…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Gareth Ford WilliamsDigital Accessibility at the BBC, How it all BeganBack in the spring of 2005 I was not an Accessibility Specialist, I was managing a team that produced TV trails. I then had a chance…Oct 6, 2021Oct 6, 2021
Gareth Ford WilliamsinLevel Up CodingWhy Accessibility Policies Are Important, And What Can Be Learned From The BBC.This article is not just an explanation of the BBC’s policies and wider regulatory framework for accessibility, but it is also intended to…Sep 19, 2021Sep 19, 2021
Gareth Ford WilliamsinUX CollectiveWhy can inequalities appear in digital accessibility?The world is full of questionable design outcomes due to unconscious biases, political agendas or a lack of empathy, and working as a…Sep 18, 2021Sep 18, 2021
Gareth Ford WilliamsinLevel Up CodingHow To Start An Accessibility Champions Network, The BBC’s Story.This is both the history and an outline of the approach of the BBC’s Accessibility Champions Network.Sep 5, 20212Sep 5, 20212
Gareth Ford WilliamsinUX CollectiveThe disability and accessibility data desert is growing bigger every dayAfter reading about the Paralympian, Aramitsu Kitazono, being hit by a Toyota driverless vehicle at the Tokyo Paralympics, and the lack of…Aug 29, 2021Aug 29, 2021
Gareth Ford WilliamsinUX CollectiveUX=Accessibility & Accessibility=UXFollowing on from my article on Legal Experience Design, I began wondering what Accessibility would look like as a framework if it was UX…Aug 16, 20212Aug 16, 20212