Defra Accessibility Resources

Research

Accessibility presentations

Accessibility presentations that you can use or adapt for an introduction to accessibility, how to write statements, or about maps. Published 24 August 2022.

Estimate how many people using your website might be disabled

This service estimates the number of people with disabilities who use a website. It mainly uses percentages taken from the Government Digital Service accessibility personas. Published 20 June 2022.

Find out about your users' accessibility needs

When designing a new service, you must learn about the needs of your disabled users and include them throughout the development process. Published 3 March 2022.

Content and forms

How to make a Qualtrics form more accessible

This guidance will help you to make your Qualtrics form more accessible. You must follow each step of the guidance. This is not a complete guide to making a good digital form. Published 10 March 2022.

Improve social media accessibility

Guidance about making social media posts more accessible. Includes specific advice for Twitter, Emoji, images, hashtags, and video. Published 16 June 2022.

Checking accessibility

Accessibility testing tools for managed laptops

When testing software on a managed device, you may be unable to download automated tools or browser extensions. In this case, you can use bookmarklets to help you test for accessibility conformance. Published 21 February 2022.

Checklist of common accessibility errors found in new services

This guidance applies mainly to new digital services built using the GDS Design System. It’s not an overall accessibility checklist - it just highlights common issues to check for. Published 18 February 2022.

How to get an accessibility audit in Defra

Outlines the steps to procure an accessibility audit and how to decide what type to have. Published 17 July 2023.

The role of the Accessibility Team

What the Defra accessibility team can do to help you. Published 2 January 2022.

Testing mobile applications for accessibility

This document outlines how the Defra accessibility team tests mobile applications on iOS and Android devices for accessibility issues. Published 16 March 2022.