London Accessibility Meetup #25
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We have two more exciting talks lined up for April.
Richard Morton and Anika Henke talk about how they built the GDS Accessibility Empathy Lab and how they run it.
Bryn and Rose Anderson share their experience of albinism and living with a range of eye conditions.
Talk 1: The GDS Empathy Lab - Richard Morton and Anika Henke, GDS
How we built the GDS empathy lab and how we run it. How it started from a test lab and changed to an empathy lab when we moved offices. The devices, equipment and assistive technology we have focused on. The design of the area and information it includes. How we run and manage visits for anyone from the public sector. Different ways we use the lab for: empathy, testing, persona training and persona testing. Some of the challenges we faced. And some ideas for what we want to do next, in particular encouraging others to set up their own labs and how to start small.
Richard Morton is a Senior Accessibility Specialist as part of the accessibility teams at the Government Digital Service. He focuses on building accessibility capability of government and the wider public sector through empathy lab sessions, clinics, training and testing.
Anika Henke is a Developer and Accessibility Specialist at the Government Digital Service. As part of the accessibility team she helps other teams make their services more accessible via consulting, training, testing and support. For over 10 years she used to be part of the core development team for DokuWiki, an Open Source PHP wiki engine.
Talk 2: My Skin Hair and Eyes - Bryn and Rose Anderson
Bryn and Rose were born with albinism. Compared to their parents and three sisters they have very little pigment in their skin, hair and eyes and live with a range of eye conditions.
Rose a poll dancing teacher and mother of three, and Bryn a digital accessibility consultant, both live in London and share a unique perspective on everything that life has to offer, from dancing in clubs to building websites.
Schedule:
6:00 - Registration opens. Networking, drinks and pizza
7:00 - Talk 1: The GDS Empathy Lab - Richard Morton and Anika Henke, GDS
7:45 - Break
8:15 - Talk 2: My Skin Hair and Eyes - Bryn and Rose Anderson
9:00 - Close. Join us for networking in a local pub