The government has touted its new disability strategy as groundbreaking, but many of the vows it makes are old news.
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Articles on Accessibility
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Developers with disabilities are in the best position to build accessible technology, but they face a Catch-22 – most technology design tools themselves are not particularly accessible.
Online learning can create problems for students, particularly those with disabilities, unless platforms and content are designed with accessibility and inclusion in mind.
After nearly 30 years of advocacy, audio description services have finally arrived on the ABC and SBS.
The benefits of online learning include accessibility and a personalised approach.
Rustle your program without getting a glare at a relaxed performance — an art form in synch with the growing field of disability arts.
New multisensory approaches to presenting visual art propose solutions to barriers that limit access for marginalized audiences.
As more data are collected, it’s important for the public to understand how their health information is being used. But user agreements are often complex, lengthy and written in inaccessible language.
How many opportunities you can reach depends on where you live and how you travel. A new report maps accessibility for our eight capital cities by car, public transport, cycling and walking.
An observational audit found almost all of the parks in Sydney’s inner west were substandard. But perhaps even more important was the issue of access.
Instead of being cheaper and safer, getting an online taxi can actually be dangerous for people with disabilities where a so-called “red zone” is in force.
There are significant challenges in making old cities like Rio more accessible, and there are missed opportunities around the Paralympics, but it’s not all bad news.
In 2012, nearly one-third of voters with a disability had trouble voting. A 2002 law was supposed to fix this problem. New technology may have the answer at last.
If game producers get better at targeting older gamers, many effects of aging - social, cognitive and physical - could be reduced.
The European Union has played a key role in making buildings more accessible, homes more liveable and travel easier. But what would happen if the UK left?
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