Articles: Research and disabled experiences

Articles

• How our disability research panel works

  Find out how Scope runs disabled consumer research with businesses. And how our disability research panel works.

• ITV and Scope making change together

  To promote awareness of invisible impairments and conditions, ITV partnered with Scope.

• Anglian Water and Scope research project interview

  Beth Kennedy is Anglian Water's Partnership Manager. She speaks to us about her experience of using Scope's disability research panel. And how it helped to improve Anglian Water's services.

• Julia Snowling: My life as a BSL Interpreter

  Julia Snowling is a registered British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter. She talks to us about what her job involves and what she most enjoys about being a BSL interpreter.

• The reality of booking concert tickets online as a disabled person

  Disabled blogger Holly Tuke explains the challenges she has experienced booking concert tickets. And why more needs to be done to make online booking accessible.

• How Scope use content design to be accessible

  Content design helps to communicate information in the best way. Research and testing can improve the experiences of disabled people.

• How society treats disabled people, new research by Scope

  In our new research, we reveal how attitudes towards disabled people creates access barriers. And what businesses can do to help.

• Jason Bates: What disability pride means to me

  Jason Bates, Lead Communication and Engagement Manager at Tesco Maintenance shares what Disability Pride Month means to him.

• Vivek Gohil: What disability pride means to me

  Gaming accessibility consultant and freelance journalist Vivek Gohil shares what Disability Pride Month means to him.

• Lucy Webster: What disability pride means to me

  Acclaimed freelance writer, Lucy Webster shares what Disability Pride Month means to her.

• Elisabeth Ward: What disability pride means to me

  Scope's Lead Accessibility Specialist, Elisabeth Ward, shares what Disability Pride Month means to her.

• Let’s talk about Global Accessibility Awareness Day

  How often do you think about digital accessibility? Do you know what technology is accessible? Global Accessibility Awareness day is the perfect opportunity to think about what you could do differently.

• Disabled UK bloggers you should follow

  Understanding accessibility means understanding disabled experiences. And the more you learn about different disabled experiences, the more likely you are to design inclusively.

• What is assistive technology? And how do disabled people use the web?

  A brief guide to the devices, software and equipment that disabled people use to navigate the web.

• A message to web developers, from a screen reader user

  Here are some points I wish all web developers could hear before building their next website.

• 5 most annoying website features I face as a blind person every single day

  The 5 most annoying inaccessible web elements I face as a blind screen reader user every day, and how to fix them.

• Video on-demand streaming and accessibility: Survey feedback

  We asked more than 3,300 disabled people about the accessibility issues that concern them with video on-demand streaming. We share the results of our survey.

• Best video on-demand streaming services for accessibility

  Use this guide to compare the most popular on-demand services and find out which ones best suit your access needs.

• From online to offline, accessibility is about the whole customer experience | Ayodeji Oyebade

  We look at the role of accessibility in the customer experience.

• The biggest barriers to accessibility are a lack of ownership, people and skills | Inviqa Digital Accessibility Report

  Inviqa report finds the main barriers to digital accessibility. Also finds out how organisations deal with those barriers.