Accessibility Club Summit 2026

This session is explicitly aimed at all those who are new to accessibility and would like to familiarise themselves with the most basic concepts and terms of accessibility before the actual event. The presenters will guide you through the key principles and ensure that you have a better understanding of some of the day's topics. The session is designed to give you more confidence and understanding of the broad field of accessibility and allow for an initial exchange with like-minded enthusiasts.

In previous years, it has often happened that larger groups got together on the evening of the first day in one or more pubs or restaurants in the city centre and continued the conversations there. We’ll try again this time to make a generous reservation and would be happy if you joined us to sit together, chat, and wind down the day.

Moving from reactive accessibility to sustainable organisational capability requires more than audits and good intentions. It requires structure, ownership, and measurable progress.

This full-day, hands-on workshop provides a practical introduction to the Accessibility Maturity Model (AMM) and guides participants through the first steps of applying it within their own organisations.

We will explore the dimensions of maturity in depth, and look at how they connect together. We'll make a start to assess your current state, identify structural gaps, define meaningful proof points, and create realistic next-step actions. 

Through guided exercises, group discussions, and structured mapping activities, attendees will begin building their own maturity baseline and initial action plan. You'll leave with a better understanding of where your organisation is at and how to can start moving forward.

Rules are boring. Games are fun. Digital accessibility is full of complex criteria that are hard to teach and harder to remember. What if you could pack all that knowledge into a game? In this workshop, you won’t just play – you will create. You will design a board game that teaches accessibility in a fun way.


What you will do:

• Deconstruct: Take a core accessibility concept and turn it into a game mechanic.
• Build: Create a prototype using simple materials that we provide, and together we come up with an idea.
• Playtest: Test your game with peers. See if it’s fun. See if it works.
• Take Home: Leave with a playable prototype you can use with your team or in a workshop.


Who is this for? Everyone!

• ⁠"I have no idea about game design!" Don’t worry. We’ll guide you.
• ⁠"I can’t code!" No coding experience required — unless you prefer digital.
• "I’m an A11y pro / I’m a total beginner." Both works. The game is the medium, the topic is adaptable.

Meet Daniel who uses a screen reader, which is an assistive technology that reads out elements and text on screen when navigating programs, apps or websites. To be able to do this, it relies on well written semantic code, ALT-texts and clear labelling. 

Testing with a screen reader is vital to ensure you have a product that works for everyone and to be compliant. All operating systems nowadays have built in screen readers, for Android it is called TalkBack and for iOS it is VoiceOver. Everyone can do simple testing with their phone to find issues.

Part 1 - Screen reader testing (on mobile)

• What is a screen reader?
• How Daniel uses a screen reader.
• Screen reader basics.
• Master navigation and scrolling.
• Know what to listen for when testing.

Part 2 - Mobile testing

• How to test with an external keyboard (Demo)
• Using Switch control
• Re-size text
• Portrait/ Landscape mode
• Dark mode

We are living in a time of rapid digital transformation. With AI tools like Cursor and Figma Make, products can be built through vibe coding and shipped in no time. Speed is becoming the priority, and accessibility risks being treated as secondary.

This workshop introduces a lightweight guide to embedding accessibility essentials into LLM workflows so inclusive practices become part of the process by default. Participants will learn how to start vibe coding responsibly, integrate Figma designs into MCP tools like Cursor, structure prompts for more reliable and accessible results, and use features in Cursor and Figma Make to generate semantic, accessible websites.

Kitty's goal is simple: to enable more people to use AI to create products that are functional, beautiful, and accessible.

Many digital systems assume stable attention, reliable working memory, and consistent executive function. These assumptions create barriers for many neurodivergent people. This hands-on workshop reframes executive function challenges as cognitive accessibility design problems and explores how everyday technology can function as assistive infrastructure. Participants learn a framework with three layers:

• Accommodations — Configuring technology to reduce cognitive load through automation triggers, environmental cues, and memory externalisation.
• Observability — Using behavioural signals from devices such as screen time data and usage patterns to understand how systems function.
• Feedback loops — Designing systems that reveal failure points and adapt over time rather than relying on perfect user behaviour.

Participants will map cognitive barriers, redesign environments to carry cognitive load, and build simple cognitive accessibility systems using everyday technology.