Setting up a digital accessibility Empathy Hub
- Jan 21
- 1 min read
A digital accessibility Empathy Hub can be a powerful tool to help build understanding between the pupil and the teacher in relation to challenges that disabled people are up against in the digital world. Empathy labs can also really educate people on the role they can play in influence and making services accessible.
As well as visiting our Accessibly Empathy Hub in London or Newcastle (Shiremoor, North Tyneside) we have put together a few examples of things that you can do at your desk to gain an insight into the experience of users with access needs.
Try these activities:
Not everyone uses a mouse so unplug your mouse or disable your trackpad and try using your keyboard only for an hour
The dyslexia simulator rearranges the letters within words on a page to give you a feel for what reading with dyslexia may be like
Colour blindness experience allows you to find out what it is like to live in a colour-blind world and get access to simulators to find out what content looks like to someone who is colour blind
The hearing loss simulator demonstrates how different levels of hearing loss are perceived
The funkify simulator mimic cognitive; dyslexia; motor and vision conditions. You can experience the web through the eyes of users with these disabilities.
To experiment with simulation pop along to one of our sessions.
To get a fuller understanding go to the following link
All three of us enjoying Park View Project having a good time.