Time for digital inclusion at scale

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  STOP 🛑... If I can give away these top tips freely... what stops you from implementing them? 🤔 Neuroinclusion is essential for creating a work environment where everyone, regardless of their neurological differences, can thrive.  Here are some practical adjustments that can be made in different workplaces to support your neurodivergent employees: 1. Communication Trait: Diverse communication styles Adjustment: Provide clear, written instructions along with verbal communication. Example: Follow up meetings with detailed emails summarising key points and action items. 2. Sensory sensitivities Trait: Sensory processing differences Adjustment: Create quiet, low-stimulation workspaces. Example: Offer noise-cancelling headphones or quiet rooms/spaces for employees who are more sensitive to noise/movement. 3. Flexibility Trait: Need for structured routines or flexible schedules Adjustment: Allow flexible working hours and remote work options where possible. Example: Enable employ...

What’s the difference between alt text and image descriptions? Alt text is typically a short summary of a picture that gives screen reader users an idea of what’s being displayed. It’s not normally viewable to the naked eye (unless you look at code) and is sometimes restricted by character limits.  Image descriptions, on the other hand, are longer descriptive pieces of text that accompany an image. They highlight the important aspects of an image that someone might need to know, as well as the nuanced detail that might add context. They are usually written directly into webpages or posts so that everyone can see them and make use of them.  If you can, you should always include both. If you’re restricted by text limits in your writing, the second best option is to post them in a pinned comment under your post. Priority ahould always be given to including them in the main text body, though.  An example of alt text might be “a picture of a bus timetable”, whereas an image de...

Earlier: define the remit of what digital accessibility means and the terms used. The teaching of digital accessibility is complex - Lewthwaite (disability, legal and technical) This will have bearing on the design of a curriculum intervention. Where digital accessibility has been taught, the learning objectives reflect this multidisciplinary approach. This is both relevant to the teaching of pupils but also teachers or professionals. The development of a curriculum for the topic of digital accessibility is not new (see 2003 course ideas).  List early courses, look at literature reviews highlighting learning objectives. Look at a comparison and similarity to that of professional development, with the learning objectives consistent. Broken down by content type and the everyday tips within e.g. captions, alt text, links headings etc.  Once listed the four main objectives, create a title for each one and explore what activities within those objectives appear to be more appropriat...

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Black disabled people have been saying it's harder to crowdfund for medical bills than their white disabled counterparts. Now, there is research to prove it. Racism kills. Source: https://lnkd.in/eNdE_z5u Caitlin Conner; Not sure which article Ola Ojewumi picked yet, but here are several to support this claim alongside hers. ❤️ https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/reckoning-with-race-and-disability https://www.michigan.gov/mdcr/newsletter/the-intersectionality-of-race-and-disability https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10449449/ https://create.uw.edu/research-at-the-intersection-of-race-disability-and-accessibility/ https://www.wpdhac.org/intersection-of-race-and-disability-project/

  https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/neurodiversity-and-ux-essential-resources-for-cognitive-accessibility/ Resources and info:  When I first started working in accessibility, it was hard to find resources about designing for neurodiversity. But that’s changed, and now there’s lots of great information available!  All of us experience the internet (and the world) in different ways, and it’s really important to think about that range of experiences when we’re creating things. I’m sharing a few things today that will help you make things that work for people whose brains might not experience the internet the same way yours does. Resources and info:  Accessible design for cognitive considerations by Jennifer S. (article) - https://lnkd.in/e7d-yTKN ADHD-friendly communication by Ettie Bailey-King (article, temporarily free) - https://lnkd.in/etBxFZXw  A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders by David Swallow (article) -  http...

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  competing roles and identities during the process of the research how I am positioned within the research context Positionality as researcher and the role in co-creating findings from interview data. Subjectivity in shaping the research process. As a novice researcher ROBERTS PAPER: One of the central tenets of good research pracice within interpretive social sciences involves 'accesspting the inevitable role of the research in the research process (Henwood and Pidgeon, 1992, p.106) and acknowledging that all knowledge produced within the esearch encounter is the fruit of collaboration betwwen the researcher and the researched (p.118). My role as a digital accessibility expert will inevitably influence the research and my interpretation. Josselson (2013) describes the interview situation as an intersubjective dance between the interviewer and interviewee where the people in the interview situation are observing one another and forming pictures of each other (p.33).  ROBERTS ...

  Research Data Management (RDM) Plan Word limit: 1,500 words (RDM plan and risk management plan) Data Generation 1.        What data will you generate?   The data generated will primarily be primary data such as: Informed consent forms from participants Consent forms from teacher participants, children (or their parents) and the head teacher or head of the multi-academy trust as gatekeeper. Lesson recordings Lessons will be recorded, and this will likely be in the raw format of an MP3 sound file or MP4 video file. Transcripts of these that will be generated will be the processed documents for analysis but will have any names or identities redacted to preserve confidentiality. Observation notes Observation notes will be either digital or in written format photographed and scanned in to be held in a secure university drive. Focus group data Focus group sessions will be recorded, and this will likely be in the raw format of an MP3 sound file or MP4 ...

How can teachers develop and deliver digital accessibility awareness education in the primary school classroom at Key Stage 2?   Sub-questions 1, What prior subject knowledge of digital accessibility awareness do teachers of Key Stage 2 have? 2, How do teachers as a peer group develop resources and knowledge for digital accessibility awareness education? 3, What scaffolding helps teacher’s individual development of PCK to deliver digital accessibility awareness education New diagram of the process. Knowledgeable other. Insider/outsider reflexive researcher - observer moderator Key points of rationale rather than descriptive. More about teachers PCK - Shulman At scale and to teach everyone it’s a national curriculum thing because everyone contributes to the digital society, not just those who make websites or specialise in computing  These skills are easy and free to learn, not expensive or technical as per assumptions. Making a link accessible, such as making the words ‘BBC we...

 For accessibility is it good to have dots between letters in the acronym. One note for recording- then use CoPilot 

  Dear MAT NAME/PERSON, I am Helen Wilson, a second year part-time PHD student. As  part of my research   at the University of Worcester I am planning a piece of research titled ‘Educating  the next generation to be inclusive future citizens of the digital society’. Subject to approval by The University of Worcester Research Ethics Committee, the overall aim of the study will be to  develop and pilot the teaching of digital accessibility awareness education within the upper Key Stage 2 classroom. It should be noted that this will not involve any technical knowledge or software skills, but will instead refer to the basic concepts regarding barriers in digital content and simple tips that anyone could understand and apply to make content more inclusive. All teacher participants will be fully trained as part of the research process. This training and their subsequent development will form part of the research itself. I am writing to ask for permission to recruit to...

I’ll introduce you to some useful resources for marketing and communications departments…. Not teaching grandma to suck eggs. GOV COMMUNICATION SERVICE- advice page for accessible comms VIDEOS: What do you need to add to videos to make them accessible? Simple answer right? Did you answer captions? My sister who is deaf would wholly agree with you - my colleagues at UKAAF wouldn’t agree…why? Videos - you may have captions, but what about sound and audio description: Accessibility isn’t just captions. This is a full example of audio description- but it doesn’t need to be this in depth - flu and covid germs example - music only. Videos with just music - don’t forget your blind or visually impaired - Cadburys advert - gorilla - one of the most popular adverts but the blind community were completely excluded. winning a number of awards, including the Film Grand Prix Lion at Cannes Lions in 2008 and was credited with pushing sales up 7% In 2015, Cadbury's “Gorilla” was named the UK's...

  https://www.a11yquest.com/guides/principles/accessibility-and-the-law Useful for lit review and introduction.

Create out review folder and download files from Zotero. Name files by author and name e.g. Wilson (2023), Christopherson (2022) Create an excel sheet with exactly the same names in ID, add year, title, type of paper, methodology, data collection, web accessibility, inclusive design, universal design, UDL, social model of disability…..and any others that could be useful. Important into Nvivo and link to spreadsheet. Use template to write draft stakeholder email

  BERA Doc https://www.bera.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BERA-Ethical-Guidelines-for-Educational-Research_4thEdn_2018.pdf Part 2 Sensitivity and attentiveness towards such structural issues are important aspects of researchers’ responsibilities to participants at all stages of research, including reporting and publication. Participants in research may be actively or passively involved in such processes as observation, experiment, auto/biographical reflection, survey or test. They may be collaborators or colleagues in the research process, or they may simply be implicated in the context in which a research project takes place. (For example, in a teacher or lecturer’s research into their own professional practice, students or colleagues will be part of the context, but will not themselves be the focus of that research.) 7 Researchers have a responsibility to consider what the most relevant and useful ways are of informing participants about the outcomes of the research in which t...