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Why tech accessibility matters and the role we can all play in delivering it

Lucy Ruck, Business Disability Forum’s Technology Taskforce lead, tells us how our new free Technology Toolkit can support you.  Technology can be a vital tool in increasing productivity and making your products and services more accessible for everyone, but particularly disabled employees and customers. But tech introduced in isolation, without first considering the needs of…

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Global Conference 2023 highlights: being the right amount of scared about AI 

Sam Buckley, our Policy Engagement Manager, shares highlights from the ‘Better Together with Tech’ panel at our Global Conference on 1 November (sponsored by HSBC). The ‘Better Together with Tech’ panel at our Global Conference wasn’t the only place people were discussing the impact of AI on 1 November. But it was definitely the most optimistic.  …

Hearing loss or sight loss needn’t mean job loss

By Dan Williams. Dan Williams is the Founding Director of BDF Member Visualise Training and Consultancy – the workplace accessibility and inclusion experts. In this blog, he looks at how challenges faced by employees with hearing loss or visual impairment can be overcome. Hearing loss, deafness, tinnitus and sight loss affect 14 million people in…

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Designing tech with inclusion in mind

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) last month was an important reminder of the need to make digital products and services accessible to everyone, including disabled people. When designed with inclusion mind, technology can remove barriers and bring huge benefits for disabled people. When the needs of disabled people are not considered, however, tech can make…

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