Disability Inclusion Working Group
Accessibility of remote meeting tools
Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell looks at various meeting tools and their suitability for users with disabilities. In part two of this blog, she looks at online tools used in remote meetings.
Accessibility of remote meeting platforms
Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell looks at various meeting tools and their suitability for users with disabilities. In part one of this blog, she looks at remote meeting platforms.
Sightsavers' workplace: our disability inclusion achievements
Over the last 15 months, Sightsavers’ journey towards disability inclusion in the workplace has continued to gather momentum, but we still have gaps to fill.
“To be truly accessible, we must move away from stereotypes”
Dr Erin Pritchard, who has dwarfism, visited Sightsavers to speak about her research into the condition and how it is often contested as a disability.
Why recruiting staff with disabilities is key for Sightsavers
As part of our mission to promote disability rights, we strive to attract diverse candidates, whatever their abilities.
Sightsavers hosts accessibility workshop to promote inclusive design
Staff from Sightsavers’ online and design team recently hosted a workshop for graphic designers and other creative professionals to share knowledge about inclusive design and accessibility.
Can superheroes help make the world more inclusive?
Sightsavers’ Mike Straney explores how comics and pop culture are learning to embrace disability, gender and more.
Sightsavers’ inclusion work in 2018
The Social Inclusion Working Group’s final speaker session of the year focused on initiatives that colleagues from the group have been involved with in 2018.
“The minute I started seeing less, I think I saw more”
Nidhi Goyal is a blind feminist from India who works on disability rights and gender equality. She recently visited Sightsavers’ offices to share her experiences.
“I help people to be brilliant at employing disabled people”
Disability consultant Graeme Whippy visited Sightsavers to discuss his work with Channel 4 and how it embraces diversity.
