Disability on BBC Online: Accessibility news updates
Something Special: Out and About the Users
Something Special is an inclusive TV programme, appealing to all children whilst also being carefully designed with the abilities and developmental goals of disabled children in mind, in particular children with communication difficulties. The TV team are restricted by the nature of the linear medium, but creating an online offering gave us a unique opportunity to go beyond this and reach the far ends of the disability spectrum. Read on
Something Special: Out and About released
I remember extremely clearly when the first series of Something Special came out in 2005. We accompanied the series with a website, and as the TV show was aimed at children with special needs we made the site as simple and usable as possible. Read on
MyDisplay Trial Concludes
Examples of BBC web accessibility tools, from the MyDisplay home page Back in 2005 a small group of BBC Designers, Developers and Accessibility Specialists began to investigate the benefits of in-page customisation. The main output of their discussion was... Read on
My Web My Way relaunch: more accessibility information
My Web My Way is designed to educate audiences with accessibility needs about how to get the best out of the web Read on
UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities: a preview of why the new BS8878 British Standard for Web Accessibility matters
As the BBC's Head of Usability & Accessibility, I chaired the committee who created the BS8878 standard, and acted as its lead author. Read on
CAPTCHA and BBC iD
The negative user experience that a CAPTCHA creates and CAPTCHA cracking are two factors too great for us to ignore. Read on
Update: News and Sport low graphics switch-off
Thank you to everyone for your comments about the closure of the low graphics service. I appreciate that the mobile version does not offer the same full range of content but that is something we will be working on in... Read on
Introducing coloured subtitles on BBC iPlayer
I'm delighted that coloured subtitles have been included on the Apple iPad version of iPlayer Read on
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