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How to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) when we’re in the middle of assessments here at the University of York? Do it a week earlier when everyone can participate! 14 May saw us celebrating our inaugural University Accessibility Awareness Day (UAAD). We were excited to have Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kiran Trehan start the day for … Continue reading Accessibility Awareness Day
To celebrate World Braille Day (4 Jan), we’re releasing this blog post about a workshop that we ran in October 2025, introducing staff to braille and ways to support our blind students who use braille at the University. Despite the prevalence of digital technologies, braille is still very important for literacy, to support multiple modes … Continue reading Braille and tactile materials to support Vision-Impaired students – workshop reflections
Alice Bennett, Lilian Joy, Digital Accessibility Unit, University of York. Context Over 55 participants attended two workshops on Supporting Visually Impaired (VI) students held in September and October 2024. These workshops were the first of their kind run at the University of York, so were a little experimental. The workshops were instigated by a simple … Continue reading Reflections on our Supporting visually impaired students workshop.