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Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic.

The Inclusive Design Principles (IDP) were first published in 2016 by myself, Ian Pouncey, Léonie Watson, and Heydon Pickering. We felt that while the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) set out what to do to meet technical compliance, many design decisions fall outside the scope of WCAG but still determine whether an interface is inclusive, usable, and welcoming.

The principles were developed to plug that gap with people-centred guidance that helps teams make better design decisions without adding unnecessary complexity. In this post, we'll look at who the principles are for, what they can be applied to, how they help people, and how you can integrate them into your own practices.

Meet Ian Lloyd, or Lloydi to you and me. He's a creative soul at heart with a wide range of hobbies and, of course, a deep-rooted enthusiasm for accessibility, which has extended into books, blogs, tools, and working with us!

In most organisations, design documentation often includes annotations, but accessibility-specific ones are still rare. That’s a missed opportunity. Annotating designs for accessibility helps everyone involved understand what needs to be built, tested, and maintained.

Meet Catriona, an Accessibility Specialist at TetraLogical with a keen eye for detail, a love of inclusive content, and an enthusiasm for stories in all their forms.

Language reflects culture. It shapes how people perceive themselves and one another; whether they belong, whether they’re valued, and whether the space is designed with them in mind. Inclusive language isn’t just polite; it’s powerful. It builds clarity, signals respect, and becomes part of what defines your organisation at every level.

London, UK, Thursday 04 September - With accessibility under growing regulatory and commercial scrutiny, leading accessibility consultancy TetraLogical has today launched a new series of online self-led training courses to provide digital teams with a practical, scalable way to build capability in accessibility, whether they’re just getting started or want to reinforce existing knowledge.

More and more organisations are conscious about the environmental impact of their products - both physical or digital - and are trying to make positive changes.

Applying inclusive best practices when designing digital products results not only in more accessible products but also in more sustainable ones.

Accessible recruitment is more than a policy - it’s a way to ensure that every candidate can perform at their best, and each role is filled by the person most capable of doing it.

By removing unnecessary barriers at each stage of the hiring process, you will create fair, respectful, and effective processes. In turn, this expands the talent pool, strengthening your company's culture and demonstrating a genuine commitment to inclusion.

Imagine being in a department store that sells clothes from multiple brands and having a personal shopping assistant to help you select the clothes you want to buy. As a blind person, that's about the only way it's possible to go clothes shopping, independently at least, but few stores offer such a service, so you resort to shopping online.