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Sep 9, 2025

Disability in Marvel and DC: Cripping-Up and Disability Erasure in the Cinematic Universes

Casting Choices for Disabled Characters from the MCU and DC Cinematic Universes

Disability in Marvel and DC: Cripping-Up and Disability Erasure in the Cinematic Universes

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Jan 26, 2025

Best Practice Guidance for Creative Casting and Disability Portrayal in Scripted TV Dramas and…

The principal purpose of storytelling and characterisation in drama or film is to help us learn about each other and broaden our…

Ruben Reuter, Jack Carroll and Zak Ford-Williams in character as Dan, Mike and Sonny on the Mobility bus

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Apr 25, 2025

Disability in the Marvel and DC Universes: Disabled Characters Are Interesting.

This is an exploration of what cripping-up looks like to audiences and fans of the DC and Marvel universes, and how a combination of brand…

Hawkeye says to Deadpool, “I can’t read lips through a mask.” Deadpool raises his mask so his mouth is visible and replies, “I’ll take that as a YES.”

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Aug 14, 2020

A guide to understanding what makes a typeface accessible

And how to make more informed design decisions.

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Marvel and DC’s Disability Universe Hollywood Has Yet to Discover

The disabled characters who could bring new creative possibilities.

Marvel and DC’s Disability Universe Hollywood Has Yet to Discover

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Aug 28, 2025

Without deliberate anti-ableist design in HR hiring systems, is any LLM model’s neutrality simply…

“Disability isn’t a liability — it’s a lens. But if AI systems are trained without that lens, they will default to a world where disabled…

Without deliberate anti-ableist design in HR hiring systems, is any LLM model’s neutrality simply…

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UX Collective

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Jun 30, 2025

European Accessibility Act: how to respond to this new legislation

With the European Accessibility Act (EAA) now upon us, I have decided to take a little time to reflect on what my approach is, and to make…

The Art of Complying with the European Accessibility Act

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Jan 14, 2022

Accessibility data is not the enemy

The following blog post has recently done the rounds and it is yet another article about accessibility that doesn’t quite add-up, and is…

The graphic trace of a heartbeat with a heart shape in it and the word ‘A11y’ inside the heart

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Apr 29, 2025

The DoctorA guide to the visual language of closed captions and subtitles

If 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…

The Doctor asks her phone, Tell me about the Visual Language of Closed Captions and Subtitles

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Oct 24, 2021

A 10-step approach to inclusive branding, using the BBC as an example

A few days ago the BBC announced and presented it’s new branding system, and with tired predictability there was a backlash from anyone…

BBC Accessible Branding

Gareth Ford Williams

Gareth Ford Williams

Director at AccessibleThinking.com. I am an Ex-Head of UX Design and Accessibility at the BBC and I have ADHD and I’m Dyslexic.

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