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Richard Morton

@accessibleweb.bsky.social
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Christian, Head of Accessiblity and Digital Inclusion at Government Digital Service, part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Terrible puns. Music wot I wrote at soundcloud.com/user-480796149

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Apparently Scotland won against Expectations in the football. I haven’t been following closely and I didn’t even know that Expectations is a country.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New roles at the Government Digital Service Associate Product Manager: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg... Senior user researcher: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg... Senior service designer www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is a great opportunity to help make sure government information and services are available to everyone #a11y #Accessibility
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Shaun @sconner.net · 15/05/2026
Yay! I'm hiring two Senior Accessibility Specialists to join my team on GOV.UK One Login. You'll be working with great people, solving complex problems for tens of millions of users. Salary of £70,834 - £74,317 (London) / £63,240 - £66,610 (National). Please share!
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inklusivo @inklusivo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If you're interested in a foundational understanding of accessibility, start here. Feedback from many accessibility professionals turned into a free online resource. For you to read, watch and share! www.inklusivo.nl/accessibilit...
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inklusivo | Accessibility fundamentals
Why and how you remove barriers for people with disabilities
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧
A penguin made of Penguin books
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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TechTrack: Sidra Ali, Cyber Security Technologist (Risk) at the Department for Education | Ashleigh Alexander
🚀 Super excited to announce.. applications are now open for the first TechTrack Cyber Security Technologist cohort! 🚀 ✨ This 18‑month paid apprenticeship offers people the chance to earn, learn and...
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A lot of people think growth as an autistic adult means no meltdowns - no shutdowns - no overwhelm - no dysregulation But I think growth looks more like recognising them earlier, recovering smoother, and not hating yourself after That’s real growth and I think more sustainable and realistic
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It's good to see at least one firm putting the sole into AI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #LunchPun
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Allbirds shares soar 580% after pivot from shoes to AI
The company is selling off its shoe brand as it plans to shift to providing technology infrastructure.
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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 11/04/2026
I'm grateful for every single one of you who has recommended my course and has been advocate for it over the years. I'm so incredibly proud of how far it's reached and how many careers it has influenced (literally)! Thank you so much! 🩷
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This may be useful, but only to anyone who is a contractor or contingent labour www.accessibilitycloud.com/auditor-supp... #a11y #accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations
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Auditor – Free Accessibility Cloud account for testers - Accessibility Cloud
Making websites accessible takes enormous effort. Behind every accessible website is an under-appreciated accessibility tester tackling daunting auditing tasks every day, often with inadequate tools. ...
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Wordle 1,728 5/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 One of those annoying ones with lots of possibilities after the first go. Pleasing pattern though.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
For my disabled comrades who work - what do you wish your manager and team knew?
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
@xkcd.com what would the world be like now if we had never discovered how to harness electricity? Would we have incredibly complex mechanical computers, would steam supercars be a thing, would the worlds biggest company make candles, would we have exhausted fossil fuels?
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
On Bluesky and LinkedIn, the hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It's interesting and encouraging that this sort of educational programme exists, but this needs to be taught in every school and college, not just at university level in very few universities: iadp.ahs.illinois.edu #accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations
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Information Accessibility Design and Policy (IADP) | A publish.illinois.edu site | College of Applied Health Sciences | Illinois
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 20/01/2026
Is there a website or directory or similar of tools that don’t use AI? Search engines are being incredibly unhelpful.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp
Large bee, possibly a bumblebee resting on a lilac coloured set of flowers, close up.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp
Large bee, possibly a bumblebee resting on a lilac coloured set of flowers, close up.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Wordle 1,659 2/6 A lucky first word and a bit of thought gets a rare 2. 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Amusing little Macbook bug - it turns out that if you plug the USB-C end of the Magsafe cable into the Macbook, it thinks the battery is being charged, Maybe it's a feature and Apple are trialling perpetual motion through power loops.
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Stamanfar @stamanfar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
In 2026 we are reinstating the regular One Team Gov breakfast club in London and also running a virtual one for anybody who doesn't have a meetup near them. If you're interested you can sign up for both using the link (and please retweet/skeet!) www.linkedin.com/posts/onetea...
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Between 2017 and 2021 One Team Gov held space weekly for people working across government to come together, connect, reflect and support each others work. Some local meetups like in Manchester have… |...
Between 2017 and 2021 One Team Gov held space weekly for people working across government to come together, connect, reflect and support each others work. Some local meetups like in Manchester have be...
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 07/12/2025
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Very rare 2 - under pressure because others in the house already got it in 2. Wordle 1,622 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Quite pleased. Can’t think of any other possibles even though I only had two letters to go on. Wordle 1,604 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Some people think the area I live in is quite wealthy / posh, but honestly we are pretty average. We eat the same jammy dodgers as everyone else, both strawberry and apricot varieties:
Two circular silver brooches with large central semi precious looking stones, one dark red, the other amber. The amber one has five little amber stones round the silver disc.
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Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Look, it’s trite to say, but I’m gonna say it anyway: tell your people that you love them. Apologize when you screw up, check in just to say hi, celebrate every mundane happiness you can with them. They need it more than you know, and so do you.
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Heather Buchel @heather-buchel.com · 22/10/2025
If you've had any UX/accessibility wins lately tell us please. I need to know tech isn't all just slop and feature chasing. I've been SPIRALING.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Realising you’re autistic can change everything Your past suddenly makes sense - but your future feels uncertain My group for newly identified autistics is a 5-week space to understand your needs & start building a life that actually fits www.theautisticcoach.com/new-autistic...
newly identified autistics workshop
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Birmingham 26th-27th November www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-gove...
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Local Government Innovation Hackathon on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping
Hosted by the Government Digital Service, Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I’ve started a small scale repair shop specialising in brass and copper cleaning and restoration. My website makes things clear but I still get loads of questions. I don’t know why people keep giving me the verdigris. #RateMyPun
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A reminder - this role is open for applications until 11:55pm on Sunday 26th October
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A rare 3 - about the minimum involving some skill and not just luck. Wordle 1,578 3/6
Line 1: yellow 1st square
Line 2: yellow 3rd square and green 4th square
Line 3: five green squares
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Much as I like the word "oftentimes" I didn't expect my phone to autocorrupt my words to include that, especially as I can't remember ever actually using it myself.
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fbrady @fbrady.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
for those eligible to work in the UK
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
2-s complement, 3-s a crowd (modernish take on an old saying)
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I am recruiting a Senior Accessibility Specialist to be part of the Government Digital Service accessibility and digital inclusion team. Applications open until Sunday 26th October. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg... #a11y #Accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Fixed desks and internalised ableism helenjeffries.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/f... #accessibility
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Fixed desk – hot button
One of my most important reasonable adjustments for autism is having a fixed desk. Like most workplaces, mine operates a hot-desking policy and colleagues have to book in advance where they will si…
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
What’s your sign?
Black shoes in a shop window with a sign saying “Men’s shoes 2 for £50”
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 21/09/2025
Are you free next Sunday? Do you live in Oxford? I'm running a noticing workshop at Caper Books for children ages 5 to 9. We'll be finding joyous, tiny stories in ordinary things to help with overwhelm and discover magic in the everyday! And tickets are only £3! To book: tinyurl.com/4tutvvfm #oxford
An orange background with the cover of my book The Place I'm in and my photo and this information: Noticing Noticing workshop for ages 5 - 9 with Miranda Keeling at Caper Books in Oxford! Sept 28th 11:30am Caper Books 74-77 Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
If you want to confuse a digital interaction designer today remind them that radio buttons in cars were mostly rectangular www.globalnerdy.com/wp-content/u...
Car radio with rectangular buttons for selecting stations and a frequency display and two circular knobs.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
@lubes.bsky.social great handle. Anything that links music with computing in a punlike way appeals to me.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Overheard in a coffee shop, someone asking for 1.5 shots instead of the usual 2 or 1. Feels like sitting on the fence to me, and I didn’t see what they did with the spare 0.5 shot.
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carljungfranz.bsky.social @carljungfranz.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The Heimtückegesetz is a 1934 Nazi German law that punished "treacherous attacks" on the state and party, restricting free speech and enforcing penalties for any remarks damaging the prestige of the Third Reich, the Nazi government, or the Nazi Party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_...
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Law of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 19/09/2025
It’s time for women and allies to speak up. To say ‘not in our name’ to the discrimination and exclusion of trans people. Are you with us? ✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter goodlaw.social/wu1u
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Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
We use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service.
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/screen-... #a11y #accessibility
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Screen readers do not need to be saved by AI
Why LLMs should not be integrated with screen readers
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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
substack.com/home/post/p-... #a11y #accessibility
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Case study: IKEA
How IKEA became a leader in digital accessibility and what others can learn
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
If you're looking to hire people with accessibility knowledge and experience, the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit created by Teach Access can help you. The toolkit provides language to use when writing job ads, and questions to ask when interviewing. teachaccess.github.io/accessibilit...
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Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit
Teach Access provides the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit to help organizations build internal capacity for producing accessible digital products by developing a knowledgeable and skilled workforc...
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