Training W3C Introduction to Accessibility, cover the W3C/WAI guidelines widely regarded as the international standard for Web accessibility, support materials to help understand and implement Web accessibility and resources created through international collaboration. Russ Mullen’s Udemy course Deque University offers training and on-demand reference materials for every level and every area of expertise in digital […]
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Australian annual conferences OZeWAI annual conference Web Directions AAA A11yCamp Australian meetups Canberra accessibility and inclusive design meetup Perth meetup and conference
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Commonwealth legislation The Australian Human Rights Commission references legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 which requires providing equitable access to people with disability. It is unlawful Under the Act, to discriminate against a person with disability by excluding access to information and services, which includes those delivered online. Australia is a signatory of
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The past OZeWAI conferences have provided some amazing resources for accessibility, especially for those who are starting on their journey, we have gathered some of links from these conferences along with other resources to get you started. The W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): strategies, standards, resources to make the Web accessible to sources for lived
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Held online via a Zoom call on Monday 13 December 2021. The following items are on the agenda. The person responsible for presenting or chairing the item is in brackets. Agenda Welcome Apologies (Secretary) Attendance (Secretary) Confirmation of minutes from 2020 AGM (held December 2020) (Co-chairs) Annual report (Co-chairs) Annual financial statement (Treasurer) Election of
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OZeWAI aims to become a professional organisation with real value for its members. Many of those members themselves have a lot to offer to each other, as well as to their clients. As a professional association, we will have a special opportunity to involve our ‘clients’. We do not need to think of ourselves as
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The committee for 2022 was elected during the Annual General Meeting held online and remotely on 13 December 2021. Anyone interested in helping the OZeWAI Committee or Conference Committee are welcome to contact a committee member – help is always appreciated! Chairperson Amanda Mace (co-chair) Brigitta Norton (co-chair) Secretary Natalie Collins (interim) Treasurer (and public
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Our 2019 conference ended up taking place in 2020! We partnered with the Perth Web Accessibility group and had a joint event. February 2020
With COVID-19 active in Australia, we ran our first online conference in December 2020. We used John Allsopp’s custom virtual conference platform, and people from the US, the UK and the Solomon Islands were able to join us. Virtual conference 2020
The committee for 2021 was elected during the Annual General Meeting at the December 2020 Australian Accessibility Conference. Anyone interested in helping the OZeWAI Committee or Conference Committee are welcome to contact a committee member – help is always appreciated! Chairperson Amanda Mace (interim co-chair) Brigitta Norton (interim co-chair) Liddy Nevile (resigned 6 September) Secretary
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