Introduction to accessibility and inclusion

We provide advice on technologies for inclusion and accessibility to help remove barriers for disabled students, staff, employees or customers. Here we provide an introduction to inclusion and accessibility. This resource is divided into the following sections:\ud \ud Definitions: We explain what we mean by inclusion and accessibility as well as defining a number of other terms where a shared understanding is important.\ud \ud Benefits: Everyone can benefit from accessibility. Experience has shown that measures taken to improve accessibility for people with specific needs also benefit the wider population.\ud \ud Responsibility: Responsibility does not begin and end with the disability experts. Everyone in an organisation has an important role to play when it comes to improving inclusion and accessibility.\ud \ud Legislation: There is a legal obligation for organisations to ensure that no-one is disadvantaged because of a disability. In this section we explore UK disability legislation.\ud \ud Reasonable Adjustment: There is a requirement to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that as many people as possible can access your materials and services. These adjustments should be anticipatory, which means they need to be in place before you are aware that a disabled user is having problems. Here we look at what this means