Robin Christopherson, Head of Accessibility Services, AbilityNet

After a degree in Engineering at Cambridge and working as an IT instructor for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), Robin was a founding member of AbilityNet in 1998. Robin now manages AbilityNet's Web Consultancy services – heading a team that is globally acclaimed as experts in accessibility auditing, disabled user testing and designing attractive websites that are both accessible and easy to use by all.

Despite being blind, Robin uses a computer very effectively by relying on speech output to access the full range of mainstream software including email and the internet. He has a first-hand appreciation of the importance of good web design practice to accessibility.

A member of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers, Robin's current projects include managing AbilityNet’s on-going ‘State of the eNation’ reports and the ‘See it Right: UseAbility’ logo, combining the popular RNIB See it Right (SiR) accreditation with disabled user testing.

Robin also has courtroom experience as an expert technical witness in the area of assistive technology and in software, systems and website accessibility. He also advises companies on their obligations under the DDA, SENDA and DED – including the evaluation of case specific reasonable adjustment.