Hector Minto

6 people posing in a line on stage at an event. The third person from the right is holding an award. Behind the group is a screen with the words 'Disability Smart Inclusive Recruitment Award' projected onto it.

Enterprise East Group CIC can be proud of their supported employment programme ‘Inclusion and Thrive’, which won the Recruitment Award (sponsored by @microsoft.com) at the #DisabilitySmartAwards2025.

Read the case study: ow.ly/e1Gp50W3bIG

#Recruitment #SupportedEmployment

How to use GitHub Copilot to understand a codebase [Day 3] · community · Discussion #159232 Select Topic Area Show & Tell GitHub Feature Area Copilot Body @TomSmail uses GitHub Copilot to get a deeper understanding of his codebase’s analytics which helps him build more quickly 🚀. This vid...

Day 3 of the #GAAD GitHub Copilot Series 🚀

Tom, a software engineer intern with dyslexia, uses Copilot to stay in the flow. It helps him quickly grasp unfamiliar codebases with summaries and explanations — boosting his confidence and speeding up feature development 🧠✨🙌

github.com/orgs/communi...

I know of a handful of accessibility specialists who were impacted by yesterday’s RIF at Microsoft. If you’re looking for amazing accessibility talent (PMs and Engineering Managers), please reach out.

Scientist wearing a prosthetic hand on the left side looks into a microscope in a lab, with a colleague next to her. The Business Disability Forum 'Changing the image of disability' logo is in the lower right corner of the image.

Today we're publishing our research on disability workforce and pay gap reporting.

We found that making it mandatory, as proposed by the UK government, helps measure diversity, but often at the expense of improving inclusion.

Find out more: ow.ly/bp2F50Vj1eZ

Tackling the World’s Toughest Problems with AI The head of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab shares how the technology is helping to address intractable global challenges—and what all leaders can learn from those efforts.

The #AI moment is like no other in my now 29 year career in #assistivetech. The tools we now have at our disposal offer rich informative experiences. A whole new genre needs to be conceived. www.microsoft.com/en-us/workla...

This will mean more tech companies coming to the table. This will mean more procurement conversations asking the simple questions. This will mean a more inclusive wider cross- industry led society

This will mean more assistive tech including specialist solutions. This will mean more training for accessibility testing roles. This will mean more training for the unmet need we drive.

Great meetings this week, building cross-business strategies for accessibility. We need to consistently link disability hiring to digital #accessibility buy-in. Internal championing, a sense of internal need, makes a huge difference. This is Horizon 123 thinking.

Delighted to reach people across govt on #accessibility horizon thinking. It’s how we can break out of silo thinking and link inclusive hiring to inclusive product. www-government--transformation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.gove...

BBC sport page viewed in reader mode. Menu exposed to show acc settings and irlen colours

I still think putting Microsoft Edge on your phone is the best way to demonstrate accessibility to people in everyday conversation. The reader mode exposure for dyslexia, literacy support, font, spacing etc drives awareness.

Just posted! Microsoft has an opening for a senior software engineer on the Accessibility Insights team. Up to 100% work from home. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

Watching the mood music, but on first glance, this feels familiar ca. 2018

The Microsoft UK accessibility ambition Acting with boldness to empower everyone to achieve more. To build an inclusive future, everyone must be included in the journey. Discover how to build an accessible organisation that drives inclusion...

Digital accessibility demands three horizon thinking. Colleagues. Capabilities. Customer (or Citizen). If you’re not thinking organisationally across these, you’re missing the red thread of relevance. www.microsoft.com/en-gb/busine...

#accessibility

Windows key U - that’s the post. That’s the post.

Ok! I’ve got 362 followers without even being here. Feeling a bit retro, and hoping to see some great convos on all things digital, accessibility and assistive (the coolest kind of) tech

Can you make this place #Inclusive from the start?

3 simple things:

1. #CamelCase hashtags for readability for #Neurodivergent & screenreader users
2. Add captions on vids for global audience
3. The alt-txt field isn’t working yet so adding img/video description like the next post for now