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Andrew Hick

@andrewhick.bsky.social

Accessibility and test person at Government Digital Service, AndrewHick.com. Bath UK, he/him, opinions my own. Profile picture: white beardy man smiling. Banner: colour chart with "blue" and "sky" colours prominent.

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Hidde@hidde.blog · 2w ago

📣 Today is the day: WCAG-EM 2 is officially out as a W3C Note! w3.org/TR/WCAG-EM New: - name; it's now simply “WCAG Evaluation Methodology” - instead of 'websites', it's about 'digital products' (of which websites and apps are examples) - better readability (content, layout) - better examples

Priyanca a11y 🌈@priyanca.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Loved the session by @lori-t.bsky.social on accessibility testing. The activities were so well presented. Clear, engaging and fun 💯 Lori has created some wonderful artefacts to help people learn about accessibility Check out her advent calendar if you have not already seen it! #gaad

25 days of digital accessibility tips

25 days of digital accessibility tips, starting from 1 December 2024. Curated by accessibility specialist Lori Thomson. Doors open based on your time zone.

accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk

Andrew Hick@andrewhick.bsky.social · 3mo ago

UK public sector people! It's a fantastic line up for next week's government events for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Also I'm doing a piece on WCAG 3. If you have a UK public sector email address then sign up here: accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/11/g... #gaad #accessibility

Get involved with Digital Accessibility Week 2026

Digital Accessibility Week 2026 is a cross-government online event taking place from Monday 18 ending on Thursday 21 May which is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

accessibility.blog.gov.uk

Terence Eden@edent.tel · 3mo ago

New blog post: NHS Goes To War Against Open Source https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/ The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed …

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…

shkspr.mobi

Lori@lori-t.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This Halloween, the Dept. for Supernatural Affairs* invites you to take part in a haunted accessibility exercise. ghost-sighting.lorithomson.co.uk password = ‘Halloween’ Each page contains accessibility issues and clues. *Definitely (not) a made-up department and service. Happy Ghost Spotting!

Stef Walter@stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Little reminder that an inaccessible website means lost customers, and lost revenues. From the article: "Research shows UK businesses collectively lose £17.1 billion a year because shoppers using assistive technology abandon websites that don’t work for them...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday: why accessibility could be your biggest sales advantage

Businesses lose nearly £446 million every BFCM weekend because of inaccessible websites. Learn how accessibility boosts conversions, loyalty, and sales, and how to prepare for the biggest shopping weekend of the year.

davedavies.dev

Content Design London@contentdesign.london · 12mo ago

It's only 4 weeks until the first Access:Given, a one-day digital accessibility conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne. We're excited to be supporting this event and its female founders. There are only a few tickets left - you can find out more information on the website: buff.ly/plgNx4u

Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Craig Abbott@craigabbott.co.uk · 12mo ago

We need a new term for “best practice”. It feels optional. Like “what you’ve done is fine, but here’s how others do it.” In reality, when we say best practice, we mean “this is a definite accessibility barrier, we just can’t log it as a failure in the scope of this standard.” #accessibility #a11y

Giles Turnbull@gilestur.bsky.social · 12mo ago

every team should have a little bit of internet to call their own, where they can publish texts, images, ideas, experiments, etc it doesn't sound like a lot to ask. but in most organisations, it's very hard to make happen.

Anna E. Cook@annaecook.com · last yr.

A thing I wrote and I want to share again: Don’t stop being creative because of some silly narrative about being replaceable. Create because you exist, share as an act of humanity, and create because you can. Selfishly, I want to see what you make. That will always matter. It is the best of life.

Andrew Hick@andrewhick.bsky.social · last yr.

There's no "why" in AI. It's getting better at reading an image to predict its alt text - but can't yet know why the image is there. Is this cat here for comedy, or is the bed for sale? Check your auto generated alt text before publishing! (That's my #AI hot take quota for this year) #accessibility

Black fluffy cat amusingly spreadeagled on its back in the middle of a bed
Shihab S Joi @shihabsjoi.bsky.social · last yr.

If you had to change your bio to a song lyric what would it be? I'm torn between "I'm a humble guy with healthy desire" (pixies) Or "I'm not a prophet or a stone age man just a mortal with potential of a superman" (Bowie) Let's hear yours x