Disability Information Scotland: Accessibility awareness training
- Area of Work: Scottish Sensory Hub
- Type: News Item
- Published: 14th January 2025

Disability Information Scotland offer training courses designed to help you ensure your online information is accessible to everyone.
Disability Information Scotland’s Accessibility Awareness course is a self-study course. It will give you a good understanding of how information is accessed by people with disabilities, and general advice about online content accessibility.
The course looks at:
- Why it is important for your online content to be accessible
- Accessibility for people with sensory disabilities
- Accessibility for people with physical disabilities
- Accessibility for people with learning disabilities
- Accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties
- The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 4 stage model for ensuring your information is as accessible as possible
- Further reading
For more information, click this link.
You can also get in touch with james.duncan@disabilityscot.org.uk to find out more about their training, or enquire about bespoke training for your organisation.
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