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February 12, 20260 citationsOpen Access

AI and Accessibility Skills: Building the Accessibility Professional of the Future: Insights from the first AI and Accessibility Skills Workshop

SLSarah LewthwaiteACAndy Coverdale

Key Points

  • To explore how AI can influence and enhance accessibility skills in professional practice.
  • Collaborative workshops held from 2025-2027
  • Engaged diverse stakeholders including educators and practitioners
  • Focused on the relationship between AI and accessibility
  • Identified key insights into the evolving role of AI in accessibility practices
  • Facilitated discussions among accessibility leaders and researchers
  • Outlined potential future directions for accessibility professionals

Abstract

In partnership with Jisc, the University of Southampton is hosting a series of collaborative workshops on AI and Accessibility Skills during 2025-2027. These workshops bring together accessibility leaders, educators, researchers and practitioners from higher education, industry, policy, governance and research-intensive organisations across the UK to examine the evolving relationship between AI and accessibility professional practice.

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Lewthwaite et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698d6e1a5be6419ac0d5380chttps://doi.org/10.5258/soton/pp0164
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