Digital Accessibility Guide
Digital accessibility is a critical and often-overlooked element of digital design. This guide provides an introduction to digital accessibility, including whose responsibility it is, the skills you need when hiring and the steps you can take to improve accessibility for your organisation.
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Overview
Approximately 18% of people (or 1 in 6) in Australia live with a disability. That’s approximately 4.4 million people. And with a spending power of more than $54 million per year, becoming accessible is just as much a logical business step as a moral obligation.
In this guide, we go beyond these figures and the legal requirements, to explore why digital accessibility really matters and what you can do to get started.
How to Get Started with Digital Accessibility
Insights that present you with the facts and figures to show you what digital accessibility means and why ensuring accessibility is crucial. Then a clear four step strategy for how to move forward with developing digital accessibility in your business, alongside a brief overview on writing an accessibility policy.
Whose Responsibility is Digital Accessibility?
Commonly mistaken as a web developer’s problem, we delve into where responsibility actually lies and what’s expected from all stakeholders.
Hiring for Digital Accessibility
Exploring the various options available to a company, from employing specialist skills to contracting a dedicated digital accessibility agency.
Beginner's Digital Accessibility Assessment
A simplified version of the basic standards expected by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that you can use to assess your website.