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The DWP Accessibility Manual is a community led effort to put guidance and best practices all in one place for anybody looking to meet the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018.

2.2.5

1 year ago

In this release:

  • Added dyscalculia poster
  • Changed guidance on conditional reveals based on GDS research
  • Fixed an incorrect link for Axe DevTools
  • Fixed links for Freedom Scientific which had become broken due to them not been redirected

2.1.0

2 years ago

In this release:

  • updated guidance for Content Designers in collaboration with GDS
  • updated guidance for Interaction Designers in collaboration with GDS
  • Added content for testing riskiest assumptions in Alpha
  • Added Scottish Gov videos to resources
  • Added Mike Gifford's list of accessibility courses to resources
  • Fixed typos
  • Fixed broken links
  • Updated contributors list
  • Updated NPM packages

2.0.1

2 years ago

In this release:

  • Fixed a bug where headings containing WCAG references caused the jump links to break (eg WCAG 2.1)
  • Updated navigation menus to be more descriptive for screen readers in line with changes to the GOV.UK Design System

2.0.0

2 years ago

In this release:

  • added new content: 'how to do accessibility testing'
  • added new content: examples on how to validate HTML
  • added new content: examples on how to test using browser extensions
  • added new content: examples on how to automated tools in acceptance tests
  • added new content: examples on how to do manual testing
  • added new content: examples on how to do screen reader testing
  • added new content: examples on how to do voice controller testing
  • added new content: examples on how to do screen magnifier testing
  • updated existing guidance to align with new content
  • updated existing guidance to align with GOV.UK guidance for content design
  • moved some content from content design to interaction design
  • synchronised H1's and page titles across the whole site for better accessibility
  • updated markdown engine
  • improved efficiencies in test-suite and code coverage

1.1.0

2 years ago

In this release:

  • content around 'what counts as a website' has been hardened in line with CDDO as the monitoring and reporting body
  • section added to tools and resources for online courses
  • contrast ratio as a tool has been added into the tools and best practice content around colour contrast
  • hardened content to advise against PDFs to align with GDS and GOV.UK guidance
  • updated the best practice guidance for accessible documents
  • added links to GOV.UK guidance on publishing accessible documents in the accessible documents guidance and in the GOV.UK resources
  • added OS X Zoom testing template
  • updated packages and dependancies
  • updated guidance on assistive technology testing
  • the spelling of AxeCore has been changed to axe-core throughout
  • typos fixed

1.0.3

3 years ago

This release was to rectify a couple of bugs:

  • Fixed 3 broken links (404 status)
  • Retested all links across all pages for 200 status

1.0.2

3 years ago

In this release:

  • Added NVDA testing template
  • Added Voiceover testing template
  • Added Voice Control testing template
  • Updated guidance for best practice and job roles to link to testing templates
  • Updated guidance on page titles to align across content design and software engineering

1.0.1

3 years ago

In this release:

  • Content tweaks to accessibility principles 2 and 5
  • Fixed an issue with overlapping columns and very specific breakpoints on home page
  • Fixed an issue with duplicate ID's on the mobile menu togglers

1.0.0

3 years ago

First release - December 2020