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Doctor Who Experience: A Happy Ending

 Originally published Thursday, November 10, 2011, uploaded again due to server issues Hi everyone, Regular readers will be aware of the difficulties I had accessing the Doctor Who Experience in April of this year, and the BBC’s commitment to act on this feedback. In September, I received an email detailing all of the improvments they’d made, and inviting me back to experience and feedback on the changes. On Halloween weekend, I returned... 
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National Theatre: Accessibility Experts

I wanted to share another example of how powerful it can be when accessibility is done right… Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to be able to see Frankenstein at the National Theatre. In fact, I was lucky enough to see it twice. The leads, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternated the roles of the Creature and Victor Frankenstein. The National do some great accessibility stuff, signed performances, audio described performances,... 
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Jam Tomorrow Two

A free networking and sharing day for the Deaf and Disability arts sector takes place Monday 29th November 2010 hosted by The Deaf Cultural Centre (Ladywood Road, Birmingham, B16 8SZ). I’m doing a presentation about OLILI the digital platform  that I have in development. It will enable access information to be found easily online and will crowdsource knowledge and information from people themselves contributing. It has the potential to change... 
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Are the Conservatives Party breaking the law?

As the focus this week’s is on the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham (3-6th October). The Conservatives like all political parties are steaming their conferences and announcements live on their website. However is the failure of ALL parties to make their content accessible to Disabled and Deaf people discriminatory and breaking the Equalities Act 2010 that came into force on 1st October 2010? This legislation supposedly strengthens... 
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Pesky People successes

We are a newly formed company led by Disabled people (Director Alison Smith). Alison has 17+ years experience working in the cultural sector and now works as a freelance arts consultant. Pesky People was set up as a direct response to the Digital Britain report and its exclusion of Disabled and Deaf people. It continues to campaign about the need for full accessibility to websites, digital content and products. Since we started on 1 September 2009... 
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