Where I consider the accessibility of newly-published ‘Gruffalo Granny’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

And wonder when ‘accessibility’ will stop only being considered for separate, special editions and be a feature considered in the development of all mainstream and trade picture book editions.

Where I talk about spotting some things in the wild recently that were designed with accessibility in mind.

Where I talk about my experience giving my first talk for the Editorial Freelance Association, ‘Accessibility in Picture Books: How It Can Benefit Everyone’.

Where I show some examples of page layouts in current formats in children’s books that are accessible for children who are visually impaired

My email to Bridget Phillipson, MP

Where I talk about my experience answering the 39 questions in the SEND Reform White Paper, as well as showing the answers I gave

Where I consider how accessibility in children’s picture books might provide a path and solution to children’s shortening attention spans.

Where I talk about some of the ways we have managed to get some books for our visually impaired son who loves … needs … to read widely

Where I discuss running the gauntlet of World Book Day 2026. One of my sons went as Spider-Man and the other created his own character and wrote a book with him in it.

Where I write about my thoughts on the children’s TV show Maddie and Triggs and its representation of visual impairment.

Where I talk about my feelings of hyper-vigilance as a SEND parent.

The evidence I submitted for UK Parliament’s ‘Solving the SEND Crisis - Call for Evidence’ February 2025

Where I talk about my recent experience and thoughts around the EHCP Annual Review

Where I think about the two unique experiences I’ve had when teaching my children to read and engage with books.

Where I discover, yet again, that while advocating for one thing, you always come across another issue to shout about … large print alternative format issues on the UK Parliament website.

Where I talk about how my son’s school will soon be faced with losing access to its library books, and how I am starting to help the school restock the library

Where I talk about tagging along in the Australian IPEed webcall “Books Without Barriers: Editing for Equal Access”, what I learned from that and have taken into my own editing process

Where I talk about advocating for large print books on Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Phonics scheme and its success!

My active learning notes and thoughts about week 4 of my ‘Introduction to SEND’ course.

My active learning notes and thoughts about week 3 of my ‘Introduction to SEND’ course.