Accessiblity principles available for download
A new and (the authors hope) extremely useful set of accessibility prinicples and checkpoints is now available for download: http://www.mscui.net/DesignGuide/AccessibilityPrinciples.aspx and http://www.mscui.net/DesignGuide/AccessibilityChecklist.aspx
These documents were produced as part of the NHS Common User Interface program, a collaboration between England’s National Health Service (NHS) and Microsoft. The goal is to create design standards for point-of-care IT systems used by doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
This work focuses on complex clinical IT systems, and is drawn from analysis of eight industry-standard accessibility standards, including W3C, ISO and the US Access Board. The work is intended to be applicable to any rich application. Jon Dodd ( http://www.bunnyfoot.com/about/people.html) is the primary author – this work would not have been possible without his experience and expertise in the field. The NHS CUI seeks feedback in order to improve the guidance and thence the accessibility of IT applications within the NHS (the UK’s largest employer). Please direct comments to: cuistakeholder.mailbox@nhs.net