It’s ‘Time to Act’ on National Inclusion Week and embed accessible change
National Inclusion Week (NIW) runs between 26 September and 2 October 2022. This year’s empowering theme is ‘Time to Act: The Power of Now’, which is focused on taking action on inclusion.
Uniting with the Deaf community on International Day of Sign Languages
International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) raises awareness of recognising the importance of the beautiful language and celebrates the different national sign languages around the world that unites the Deaf community.
How to build an inclusive online platform for the Deaf or hard of hearing community
Technology is an important aspect that plays a vital role in building inclusive online communities.
Meet HeX’s work experience placement, Prentice Reek
Prentice has joined the HeX team from John Flamsteed Community School, in Derbyshire. During his work experience placement he’ll be learning all about digital accessibility!
The HeX-Press: Global Accessibility Awareness
There are one billion people worldwide who have some form of disability. However, 96.5% of home pages, out of the one million tested by WebAIM this year, still have at least one accessibility failure within them. This Global Accessibility Awareness Day we look at what people can do to address this.
Tackling loneliness through digital inclusion
All of us have felt lonely at some point in our lives, however, a wide group of our society are impacted on a daily basis due to digital exclusion.
The Accessibility HeX-Press: Deaf Awareness Week
Welcome to the first edition of our accessibility newsletter. In this feature we’ll be focusing on what you can do to help your Deaf community both online and face-to-face.