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• AbilityNet Accreditation
  Recently launched, AbilityNet are the first company to provide a ‘real life accessibility accreditation’. Our accreditation focuses on ensuring every user has the best and most accessible experience possible. It ensures your businesses exceptional accessibility standards are instantly recognised by the easily recognisable logo.
  PUBLISHED: 02 NOVEMBER 2010
• AbilityNet Setting the Global Accessibility Standard for Digital Inclusion
  We would like to thank you for visiting our stand at Internet World 2010. The team had an exhausting but most enjoyable three days. We were very lucky to meet lots of interesting people who are keen to understand accessibility best practice and the business benefits. In this article you will find a link to a Free download of our 'Social inclusion in a Digital Age' presentation with the BBC and the list of the 5 lucky winners of Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 software
  PUBLISHED: 25 MAY 2010
• Accessibility 2.0: A Million Flowers Bloom - 22nd September, Microsoft Victoria, London
  A one day conference exploring Web 2.0, social media and accessibility. We’ve brought together industry experts, accessibility specialists and advocates to create a cutting edge event filled with practical insights, inspiration and networking.
  PUBLISHED: 20 AUGUST 2009
• Manchester City Council goes live with highly accessible website
  Manchester City Council has launched a new accessible 'Web 2.0' website – powered by Jadu – providing advanced online features and enhanced public services to the community.
  PUBLISHED: 28 SEPTEMBER 2007
• A World Denied: web accessibility the movie
  Featuring interviews with a number of key figures in the world of web accessibility, this short film explains the importance of the topic for all organisations, whether in the public or private sectors. Its purpose is to provide web managers with clear and relevant material that they may need to convince senior decision-makers in their organisations of the need to invest in accessible websites.
  PUBLISHED: 11 SEPTEMBER 2007
• Innovative and accessible graphic design and marketing Workshop
  Maximise the impact of your design and marketing; remaining innovative while ensuring that your communications are accessible to disabled people.
  PUBLISHED: 23 MAY 2007
• Open courses with the Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD)
  We are delighted to provide you with details of two forthcoming IT related events that the EFD are running in partnership with AbilityNet.
  PUBLISHED: 08 JANUARY 2007
• Robin Christopherson 'Beyond a Code Audit' - @media 2006 speaker notes
  Notes from a recent presentation given by Robin Christopherson at @media 2006.
  PUBLISHED: 17 JUNE 2006
• New website accessibility and usability award - UnumProvident first site to be accredited
  UnumProvident, the UK’s leading disability insurer, has become the first UK company to be awarded a new website accessibility accreditation from RNIB and the disability and technology charity, AbilityNet.
  PUBLISHED: 05 APRIL 2006
• PAS 78 Launches
  The long anticipated PAS 78 was launched to a full house. Speakers included Anne McGuire Minister for Disability, Michael Burton of the DRC, Julie Howell of the RNIB and AbilityNet’s Robin Christopherson and Jon Gooday.
  PUBLISHED: 13 MARCH 2006
• AbilityNet co-deliver major European web accessibility report
  The UK Cabinet Office today published eAccessibility of public sector services in the European Union, a comprehensive report on accessibility of government online services across the European Union (EU). The report was commissioned for the UK Presidency of the EU to help member states by undertaking an evaluation of eAccessibility and establishing the scope of public policy towards eAccessibility.
  PUBLISHED: 01 DECEMBER 2005
• AbilityNet join the ICT Hub
  AbilityNet are part of the ICT Hub, a group of voluntary sector organisations who have come together to plan and deliver a co-ordinated framework of ICT guidance, good practice, advice and support for voluntary and community organisations, accessible at a local level.
  PUBLISHED: 23 NOVEMBER 2005
• BBC launch major new accessibility site in partnership with AbilityNet
  BBC are working together with leading computing and disability charity, AbilityNet, has today launched a major new site designed to help people with disability get the most out of the World Wide Web.
  PUBLISHED: 03 NOVEMBER 2005
• @media 2005 AbilityNet presentation
  AbilityNet's Webmaster, Curt Holst, and Web Consultancy Manager, Robin Christopherson spoke at the @media 2005 conference in London on 9 June. World class speakers included Jeffrey Zeldman (keynote speaker), accessibility guru Joe Clark and designer extraordinaire Douglas Bowman.
  PUBLISHED: 13 JUNE 2005
• AbilityNet wins the NLB's award for best voluntary sector website
  AbilityNet won best voluntary sector website at the National Library for the Blind's annual Visionary Design Awards at a ceremony in London.
  PUBLISHED: 01 NOVEMBER 2004
• New Joseph Rowntree report "Disabled People and the Internet" published in May
  "This research examined whether the provision of information, goods and services through the internet removes many of the access barriers faced by disabled people,or adds to them. Views were obtained from enquiries to AbilityNet … and from a focus group of participants."
  PUBLISHED: 01 MAY 2004
• DRC report says accessible websites are 35% more usable for all.
  Over the last 12 months the DRC has been working with City University to review and evaluate 1000 UK websites across a range of industry sectors.
  PUBLISHED: 14 APRIL 2004

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