Good Practice for Emails – Factsheet

A factsheet providing useful tips on good practice for composing and sending accessible emails

Making Websites Accessible (March 2011)

Making Websites Accessible provides guidelines for creating and maintaining accessible websites.

What about Social Networks and Accessibility?

This brief paper raises awareness of some of the accessibility issues with social networking sites.

• Converting Word Documents into Accessible PDFs – Factsheet
• Tips on convering Word documents into accessible PDFs.

• A Brief Guide to PDFs and Accessibility
• A Brief Guide to PDFs and Accessibility aims to demystify the accessibility issues around Portable Document Formats (PDFs). The Guide also advises on the basic steps you should take to make sure your PDF documents are as accessible as possible.

Creating Accessible Documents – a Factsheet

A factsheet containing useful information on creating accessible Word documents including using styles, meta information and alt attributes.

Scottish Formats Resouce 2011

Flyer for the Scottish Formats Resource, A Directory of Accessible Information Providers

Let’s make it accessible: a guide to other formats

A brief guide to alternative formats

Scottish Formats Resource Flyer

A brief guide to the Scottish Formats Resource 2009/2010.

The Scottish Formats Resource has now been fully updated and is an essential source containing details of transcription, translation and interpreting services available to Scotland.

The Scottish Formats Resource is free and is available as an online searchable database at: http://www.update.org.uk

Making Services Accessible

Making Services Accessible is a guide designed for easy use by all service providers. It contains all the key elements of the original SAIF Standards in an accessible 12 page document which can be used as a checklist.

Good Practice Case Studies from External Organisations

A selection of good practice examples sent in by external organisations

Making Information Accessible

This 12 page booklet provides practical guidance on making printed and electronic information more accessible.

A Brief Guide to Making Your Information Accessible

A Brief Guide to Making Your Information Accessible looks at what areas you need to think about to ensure the….

The Social Model of Disability

The Social Model of Disability by SAIF member Grant Carson is SAIF’s latest publication and was launched on 18th June…. [ more information about The Social Model of Disability ]

A Brief Guide to Easy Read

A Brief Guide to Easy Read will introduce you to what Easy Read means, give some top tips on how…. [ more information about A Brief Guide to Easy Read ]

The same as you? And local accessible information strategies

A report on taking forward the recommendations in “The Same As You? A review of services for people with learning difficulties”. Published November 2002.

Guide to User-Led Reviews

A revised edition of our popular 2003 guide which assists organisations to get feedback from disabled people about the accessibility….

FAIR User-led Review

A report on the user-led review of the service for FAIR.

Fife Traumatic Brain Injury Service User-led Review

A report on the user-led review of the Fife Traumatic Brain Injury service.

Information and advice services – What disabled people should expect and receive (2007)

This booklet is a practical guide for disabled people. It tells you what standard of service you should get from information or advice providers, local authorities and others that plan and fund information and advice services.

Hard copies and BSL DVD copies are available by contacting SAIF.