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Six pieces on the six domains of access, one each. Alongside them, explainers on the standards that actually get cited, including Part M, Part T, PAS 6463, personal emergency evacuation plans and the Accessible Information Standard. Underneath, an archive from 2020 to 2022, kept as it was written rather than quietly updated.

No, an access audit isn't a legal requirement. That's the wrong question.

No, an access audit isn't a legal requirement. That's the wrong question.

Cultural
Three of the five things a Design and Access Statement must do are about access

Three of the five things a Design and Access Statement must do are about access

Physical
There's a national standard for designing buildings around how brains actually work. Almost nobody has read it.

There's a national standard for designing buildings around how brains actually work. Almost nobody has read it.

Cognitive
By the time I ask whether your loop is on, I've already worked out what happens if it isn't

By the time I ask whether your loop is on, I've already worked out what happens if it isn't

Auditory
85% of NHS staff say they know how to ask. 70% of us have never been asked.

85% of NHS staff say they know how to ask. 70% of us have never been asked.

Auditory
"Universal" sounds like it includes you. It doesn't.

"Universal" sounds like it includes you. It doesn't.

Physical
I can't use the stairs. Whether I get out depends on a plan I've usually never seen.

I can't use the stairs. Whether I get out depends on a plan I've usually never seen.

Physical
Every new home in England has to let me visit. Almost none have to let me live there.

Every new home in England has to let me visit. Almost none have to let me live there.

Physical
Designed for you, or despite you

Designed for you, or despite you

Cultural