Andrew Hick

Accessibility and test person

I help technology work for everyone. I'm a certified senior accessibility specialist, working at the UK Government Digital Service, to monitor public sector websites and apps for accessibility. I live in Bath, work in Bristol and go by he/him.

This site includes my professional work, hobbies and the bits in between. All opinions are my own, and everything on this website is designed by a human unless stated 🧠

Recent work

WCAG for humans

(colourful stripes)

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG, version 2.2 AA) summarised on one page in 7 practical themes.

Read WCAG for humans.

Colour mosaic

A colour chart for digital art and design.

262 colour blobs in mainly concentric circles, from red at the top and clockwise in rainbow order. Greys are in the middle.

Select the image or see the colour page for more detail. This poster shows 262 colours inspired by art, nature, travel and culture. Most are established, some are new. They are roughly in rainbow order with grey in the middle.

Service Design Bristol presentation

Presentation: Making services accessible, accessibly

For Service Design Bristol, January 2025. What good - and bad - accessibility look like, why it can't "just be fixed with AI", ways to build in accessibility from the start, and decoding the accessibility regulations. Photo: James Reece

Andrew presenting a slide reading: Why don't we just fix it with AI?

WCAG 2.2 map by theme

German and French translations added!

Web content accessibility guidelines map resembling an underground train map. Follow the link for more detail.

Select the image or see the WCAG map page for more detail. This diagram groups all the success criteria from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 levels A and AA, by practical theme for testing.

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Work

Creative

Mainly visual hobbies.