This week I had the privilege of coordinating the first cross-gov Digital Accessibility Week. I’m incredibly proud of what we collectively achieved and genuinely amazed by how popular it was. My session had more than 300 attendees, which blew me away. accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/11/g...

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).

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The Department for Elfish Affairs 😉(totally real has tasked you with completing your Elf-cessability induction at Santa HQ. To become a fully-fledged junior Elf-cessability (accessibility) Specialist, you’ll need to take on a set of short accessibility challenges. elfcessability.lorithomson.co.uk

I had some surgery (nothing too serious) last weekend and trying to take it easy so decided to eventually watch Lord of the Rings movies. I've read the books before but never watched the films. Bilbo has just disappeared and Gandalf is concerned about what's going on in Mordor so far...

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!

I thought I'd come back to Bluesky today to bring you some spooky fun.....

On the gardening theme, my herb garden is also flourishing, particularly the mint. Mojitos and mint teas for everyone. If anyone has any other good recipes then send them my way.

My strawberries have grown really well this year considering they were half dead and dug up from last year. A little nurturing and safe environment goes a long way.

I'm glad I'm not an 'apple person' the new liquid glass design is not good unless their user research showed that people wanted to be spooked by 'ghost apps' then they've nailed it 👻

Today has been very nice, been sitting in the garden all day and now about to light the BBQ was not expecting this weather. Enjoying my Christmas present KISS Destroyer craft lager today, it's very nice, cheers'ing to a good friend who is no longer with us on her birthday.

I recently received an email that was signed off '...Without Malice...(persons name)' and 2 things I took from that: 1. I like their style and may use myself 2. Feel like there definitely was some malice

Until about a year ago I was totally anti e-reader, now I carry this ancient, beat up Kindle with a light contraption everywhere and refuse to get a new one. #Kindle #Books

I've not been on here a while as the person I usually interacted with isn't around anymore and every time I opened the app I felt a bit glum. Today I'm missing it a bit so here I am. Nothing exciting to report, so there's that.

I wasn't going to post anything about the passing of my dear friend, because I'm so very sad. However, I've taken such comfort in reading all the lovely things about her today and I also wanted to remind people that it's ok to be sad, it's ok to take time to be sad, especially at times like this.

Before Christmas I was super switched on but was feeling like I needed a little break from the computer and socials but I'm back now 🙂 hope you all had a nice time over the holidays however you celebrate

Thanks @vickytnz.bsky.social for contributing some great content on creating accessible forms 🎄

Vicky Teinaki@vickytnz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Inspired by the accessible forms workshop @cjforms.bsky.social and I did earlier this year, I dashed off a festive note for @lori-t.bsky.social’s accessibility advent accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...

Thanks @sjoy.lol for your contribution and sharing your thoughts on light vs dark mode in today's article on my advent calendar, about accessibility adjustments in browsers and devices accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...

Day 18: Accessibility adjustments in browsers and devices

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

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Thanks for all the love on my little advent calendar project, I still have some space for content if anyone would like to contribute a digital accessibility related article (read did not think was going to be as popular as it has been and not fast enough at writing 🤣)

This week I've been practicing my coding and made a little accessibility resource. It's far from perfect but wanted to share (sorry it's a day late) accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk

Does anyone know the best way to host a small multi page project on GitHub pages using the gov.uk prototype kit? Need some help

I have a lot of different coloured pens, I tend to hold them when I take notes on Teams calls and sometimes they are visible to others in my hand. Sometimes I like to quickly swap the pen during calls more than once, to see if people notice. So far they haven't and it feels like my little secret.

Practice with mock questions for the #CPACC exam at a11y-consultant.netlify.app by brilliant Ashley Peacock. What a great contribution to the #accessibility #a11y cause *Pass* it on!

I wanted to share ‘Beta’ release of my QuizA11y ‘Accessibiliy Quiz App’. www.quiza11y.com Still lots of work to do and it’s far from perfect. I created it to help me learn when more easily with an element of gamification. #Accessibility

Lovely to see so many new people on Bluesky! Cheeky repost: Here's how we test each Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 criterion in detail, created by a team of #accessibility specialists in Government Digital Service. This is the basis for our detailed monitoring. github.com/alphagov/wca...

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Get up to speed with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - alphagov/wcag-primer

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We put our Christmas decorations up today, my house looks like a 90s Santa's grotto. My favourite is my angel tree topper which I think is from early 1970s. Most of the decorations have been inherited or collected over the years, recent additions are mainly McDonald's Christmas Happy Meal toys 🤣

Finished reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (who wrote The Martian which is also a movie) last night. Set in the near future, school science teacher turned astronaut tries to save earth, a great story of selflessness and cooperation. Loved this best book I've read this year 10/10 #BookReviews

Tonight I'm attempting to make an accessibility advent calendar using the prototype kit. I haven't done anything like this for a while so potentially will be crap. Thought I should plan something festive though for training purposes.

I recently read Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield. This was a tricky one, I'm not 100% if I enjoyed it or not but it stayed with me. A supernatural horror story focused on a lesbian couple navigating the aftermath of a trip under the sea. 6/10 mainly because it ended abruptly. #BookReview

Going to watch the rest of the #TechSharePro2024 recordings tomorrow and over the weekend. I enjoyed it thoroughly and has inspired me a bit. Well done to those who have organised and spoke at it.

Talk on inclusive research is excellent. Key takeaways are you'll not always get it right for every person, but it's better to try and learn from it than to do nothing. #TechSharePro2024

And here's the recording of the beyond accessibility regulations talk that @craigabbott.bsky.social has kindly shared.

Craig Abbott@craigabbott.co.uk · 2y ago

There’s also a recording of the talk, when I did it at Accessibility Scotland: vimeo.com/867298745 #accessibility #wcag