Inclusion & Personal Health Archives - Hart of the Midlands

MVP Diaries and Mental Health

Mike — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:58:12 +0000

A short while ago I was invited by Angeliki Patsiavou to take part in an amazing blog series she is doing. The series asks MVPs questions about their MVP journeys and about them as people, along with some fun questions in there as well.

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Mental Health Check

Mike — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:22:13 +0000

How are you doing? Take a minute and think about that question before answering and be honest with yourself. Recent times have been, to reuse an overused word, unprecedented. We’ve been faced with a global health crisis, and that has in turn led to mass changes in our way of lives and our ways of […]

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Accessibility as a Deliverable?

Mike — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:13:30 +0000

For Microsoft, a core part of how accessibility is being managed throughout their DNA is by treating Accessibility as an actual project goal and requirement.
Watch Microsoft Accessibility Evangelist Hector Minto from Scottish Summit 2021 as he talks about Digital Inclusion and Accessibility as a Deliverable.

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So much to learn, so many teachers

Mike — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:07:32 +0000

I started my self-learning journey into the world of Accessibility in the middle of 2020. If I’m completely honest I was very naive and did not understand what was behind that door. I soon came to realise that there is so much to learn, but so many teachers I can learn from. Accessibility is a […]

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Sexy, Cheap, and Easy

Mike — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:06:36 +0000

"No-one wants to do it. It's just not sexy"
"It's too expensive"
"We don't have the time to implement it"
A sad, familiar story but one that is not strictly true when it comes to implementing Accessibility.

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The Things We Don’t Talk About

Mike — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:57:37 +0000

The things we don't talk about are often the very things we SHOULD be talking about. Meet the podcast trying to remove stigma, and hopefully give reassurance to people who sit in silent struggles

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Losing it in Lockdown

Mike — Sun, 24 May 2020 19:22:20 +0000

A quick post from me about Mental Health in Lockdown. Here I share some of my struggles, and talk about where to find advice as well as where to chill out.

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