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Richard Morton

@accessibleweb.bsky.social

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Christian, Head of Accessiblity and Digital Inclusion at Government Digital Service, part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Terrible puns. Music wot I wrote at https://soundcloud.com/user-480796149

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · Jun 17

I don't have statistics more recent than this, but I suspect the situation is still similar now, and it can probably safely be extrapolated meaning that thousands of the 7000+ government services aren't digital accessible to the minimum required standards.

#accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · Apr 23

Twenty four of the ‘Top 75’ government services failed to meet basic accessibility standards in Q1 2024.

From www.gov.uk/government/p...

#Accessibility #a11y #AccessibilityRegulations

State of digital government review

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 6h

Put treasure underneath the waterfall.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve started a small scale repair shop specialising in brass and copper cleaning and restoration. My website makes things clear but I still get loads of questions. I don’t know why people keep giving me the verdigris.
#RateMyPun

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder - this role is open for applications until 11:55pm on Sunday 26th October

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 8d

I am recruiting a Senior Accessibility Specialist to be part of the Government Digital Service accessibility and digital inclusion team. Applications open until Sunday 26th October. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

#a11y #Accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations

Quick Check Needed

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 1d

A rare 3 - about the minimum involving some skill and not just luck.

Wordle 1,578 3/6

Line 1: yellow 1st square
Line 2: yellow 3rd square and green 4th square
Line 3: five green squares

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 1d

Any chance you could alt text to image posts like this please? It helps the joke reach more people.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 6d

Much as I like the word "oftentimes" I didn't expect my phone to autocorrupt my words to include that, especially as I can't remember ever actually using it myself.

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fbrady @fbrady.bsky.social · 8d

for those eligible to work in the UK

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 8d

Quick Check Needed

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 7d

2-s complement, 3-s a crowd (modernish take on an old saying)

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 8d

Quick Check Needed

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 9d

I'm not far off that now.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 9d

Fixed desks and internalised ableism helenjeffries.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/f...

#accessibility

Fixed desk – hot button

One of my most important reasonable adjustments for autism is having a fixed desk. Like most workplaces, mine operates a hot-desking policy and colleagues have to book in advance where they will si…

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 9d

I assumed that was ages. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 15d

Of course the baby in that version would now be about 75 years old.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 15d

Haven’t seen it but the Steve Martin remake was good. See also Father of the Bride which had two versions with Steve Martin in the 2nd.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 15d

Might be someone called Urian who happens to be epic.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 15d

Bonzairo carbon perhaps?

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 16d

Something like this:

Very close view of three black and two white piano keys.

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 16d

Strikingly beautiful. Seeing the image in my peripheral vision while reading the text made me think of a close up of piano keys.

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 17d

What’s your sign?

Black shoes in a shop window with a sign saying “Men’s shoes 2 for £50”

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 17d

Can’t see it on Bluesky.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 19d

Is that an AI hallucination? The lyric is actually "Daisy, Daisy, give me you answer do" - I guess there may be different variants of the song.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 22d

It may be just a matter of time with empathy, given that the use of AI (rightly or wrongly) in caring, counselling and therapy scenarios will likely expand.

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 24d

Are you free next Sunday? Do you live in Oxford? I'm running a noticing workshop at Caper Books for children ages 5 to 9. We'll be finding joyous, tiny stories in ordinary things to help with overwhelm and discover magic in the everyday! And tickets are only £3! To book: tinyurl.com/4tutvvfm #oxford

An orange background with the cover of my book The Place I'm in and my photo and this information: Noticing Noticing workshop for ages 5 - 9 with Miranda Keeling at Caper Books in Oxford! Sept 28th 11:30am Caper Books 74-77 Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE

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Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 22d

If you want to confuse a digital interaction designer today remind them that radio buttons in cars were mostly rectangular www.globalnerdy.com/wp-content/u...

Car radio with rectangular buttons for selecting stations and a frequency display and two circular knobs.

Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 22d

@lubes.bsky.social great handle. Anything that links music with computing in a punlike way appeals to me.

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