New website advises organisations on accessibility
‘Hands On Access’, a specialist consultancy that advises on accessibility issues, has launched a website (www.handsonaccess.com) advising organisations on the steps required to make their operation accessible to Deaf and Disabled People.
Hands On Access advises employers and works with them to make their organisation accessible to Deaf and Disabled people. Hands On Access takes the complexity out of accessibility matters, by providing simple, effective, solutions, across all aspects of an operation.
Through the website, Hands On Access offers a unique team of qualified specialists, who can advise on accessibility issues in staff training, accessible websites, people management and building access, to name a few. The consultancy works across the UK, offering a tailored approach to meet the individual needs of different businesses and services.
“Hands On Access has launched this website to explain exactly what we can do to benefit different organisations”, explains Director Jonathan Gibbons. “We have a highly qualified team of specialists able to determine areas of concern and implement the specific changes required to make an organisation fully accessible to Deaf and Disabled people.”
The team of consultants at Hands On Access includes architects, solicitors, video production crew, website designers, multimedia designers, sign language interpreters and more, offering real expertise, which is passed on direct to the organisations they work with.
For more information, visit www.handsonaccess.com
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How do I know sooner or later someone is going to notice that triple A badge at the bottom of the site...
whoops, done so already
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Might also want to sort out SQL injection into your Access database as well...
Sorry been a long day and I'm looking forward to retiring to the pub.
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| handsonaccess wrote: |
| “Hands On Access has launched this website to explain exactly what we can do to benefit different organisations”, explains Director Jonathan Gibbons. |
That's incredibly scary... he's got the same name as me, except spelt with an 'o' in the surname.
Jon Gibbins, dotjay.co.uk, accessibility.co.uk wiki.
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Confused me to begin with, then I noticed Twickenham, not a suburb of Eboracum 
Mike Abbott
Accessible to everyone
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This is nothing but spam if you ask me and I'll be the first to say that's not a triple A site! View that site through Lynx and you wouldn't know who's site you were on as the banner is a background image, that logo should be an inline image with an alt.
I'm not deaf nor disabled but yet I benefit from an accessible website, don't these people get that? It really narks me when companies like this place emphasis on the disabled when referring to web accessibility.
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I agree nothing but spam, although I was feeling tetchy last night --
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be wrong of me?
Not that I would advocate that kind of thing you understand.
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just had a quick look and was surprised that a site aimed at the deaf does not feature any videos with sign language. Well not that I could find anyway.
Perhaps they should take a leaf out
Bristol City Council's book.
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Anybody else notice that they have copied Andy Clarke's accessibility statement word for word?
Dave
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| David wrote: |
| Anybody else notice that they have copied Andy Clarke's accessibility statement word for word? |
Did they actually read it and use its wisdom?
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As a matter of fact we are working on the video clips. It does cost time and money to produce the videoclips on top of other work that we have.
| elfin wrote: |
| just had a quick look and was surprised that a site aimed at the deaf does not feature any videos with sign language. Well not that I could find anyway.
Perhaps they should take a leaf out Bristol City Council's book. |
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You have implied that we do not have permission to use that statement. As a matter of fact we do because it was he that built the darn thing! Go figure!
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Did they actually read it and use its wisdom? |
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Well guys, this is genuine. Revel in the fact and give Malarkey credit where credits due 
BTW, despite the critiques, welcome to the site John
Mike Abbott
Accessible to everyone
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| handsonaccess wrote: |
| You have implied that we do not have permission to use that statement. As a matter of fact we do because it was he that built the darn thing! Go figure! |
That's excellent news to hear. (Good choice!)
We see too many organisations ripping off the content of others and passing it off as their own.
My apologies for the false implication. I'm glad we are quite wrong in that regard.
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My apologies for my earlier post.
I did look through the site and could find no reference that Malarkey had been involved in the design process.
Unfortunately, I have come across so many sites where people have tried to pass information, articles, etc as their own.
Again, I stand corrected.
Dave
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