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Digital inclusion at the Home Office:
public services for all
Katy Arnold
Head of User Research and Design
Home Office
@katyarnie
Build accessible services
for everyone
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At the beginning
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Hired a lot of amazing
people
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“I’ve never felt so
disabled…”
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Setting a high bar
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Person with an access need in
each round of user research
1
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Including people with
access needs makes you
a better researcher
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Supporting innovation
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Designing for users on the
autistic spectrum
Don’t use figures of
speech or idioms
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https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/posters/
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• 46,000
impressions on
Twitter
• 1,098 likes, 99
forks on GitHub
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Designing for all makes
you a better designer
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Example: Passports
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Renew my passport
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260
usability sessions
4692
pieces of qualitative
feedback from
satisfaction survey
14
home visits
29
participants in the AD
high street walk-in
pilot
11
phone
interviews
9
remote test
sessions
via Skype
10
people with
facial
disfigurement
10
paired sessions
with AD people
10
people with
visual
impairments
12
people with
dyslexia
3
people with
ADHD
8
deaf people
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“But this is what I look like!”
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Thank you!
Katy Arnold
Head of User Research and Design
Home Office
@katyarnie