Author: connect_staff

What Do Accessible PDFs and Forrest Gump Have in Common?

According to Jens Kirkegaard, Forrest Gump was right. Well, right about Accessible PDFs anyway.

Nystagmus

My first contact with nystagmus was actually while watching a rather brilliant film called “The Legend of 1900” in which I noticed one of the actors, Pruitt Taylor Vince , eyes rapidly moving from side to side.

NFC In Shrewsbury

We are looking forward to our meeting later today with Shrewsbury museum!

The Big Move!

The BIG move countdown has started: After a lot of planning we are finally in our last week before we move to our new office in Nantwich, Cheshire.

NFC Tags

We have recently installed our NFC tags at Nantwich Museum in Cheshire. The aim was to increase accessibility and interactivity for visitors in a way that wasn’t intrusive.

Latest Nystagmus Network News Release

Organisers of this year’s Nystagmus Network Open Day will welcome people from across Europe to Newcastle’s Centre for Life on Saturday 9th May.

SIM Specs Available to Order Now!

Sim Specs are a valuable training aid – helping to understand barriers faced by people with a visual impairment – We supply packs to various industries for staff training and to help promote awareness.

What are Accessible Formats

Accessible formats are alternatives to standard sized printed information which are used by blind and partially sighted people, or others with a print disability.

UKAAF Promoting Standards for Accessible PDFs

At Connect we are very excited. Today we see the publication of UKAAF’s Minimum Standard for Accessible PDFs for Assessment.