Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Accessibility in Government: Getting Started
This course explored the basics of accessibility and digital accessibility. It covered different disabilities and impairments and how to accommodate disabled people when designing and building digital services. This course introduced legal requirements and legislation and explored a range of everyday accessibility scenarios to allow learners to apply the principles of accessibility to their own experiences of the web.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Richard Morton
Head of Accessibility, GDS
Government Digital and Data
Andrew Hick
Senior Accessibility Specialist, GDS
Government Digital and Data
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the key principles of accessibility
- Demonstrate awareness of different disabilities and access needs and how to adapt content to enable digital accessibility
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of accessibility legislation and legal requirements
Syllabus
- Accessibility, impairment and disability – definition of core concepts
- Legislation and legal requirements – WCAG and the Equality Act
- Digital accessibility and inclusivity
- AI in accessibility
- Accessibility specialist role in government – key skills and responsibility
- Assistive technology and practical exercises for accessibility
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Issued on 18th April 2026
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