by Genevieve McLachlan | Jul 28, 2020 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Accessible Accommodation, Accessible Web Design, Assistive technology, Be. Lab, Digital Inclusion, Entrepreneurs, Events, Inclusive Design, Inclusive Society, Innovation, Leadership, People with Disabilities, Presentations, Social Change, Technology, Visual Impairment, Women in Business
“Let’s Get Accessible!” – an evening of lightning talks discussing digital accessibility and needs and preferences of users with disabilities. Minnie Baragwanath, Chief Possibility Officer of Global Centre of Possibility @ AUT will be speaking....
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jul 14, 2020 | Access Advisors, Access Citizen, Accessibility, Accessible Web Design, Adaptive equipment, Assistive technology, Blindness, Communication Impairment, Digital Inclusion, Events, Hearing Impairment, Hidden Disability, Inclusive Design, Inclusive Society, Innovation, Learning Disabilitiy, Learning Support, People with Disabilities, Presentations, Social Change, Technology, Visual Impairment, Workshop
To help ensure people with access needs are not forgotten post lockdown, Access Advisors would like to invite you to learn more about the impact of access needs on technology use in a series of webinars we are running. This is part of our ongoing quest to help...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jul 3, 2020 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Accessible Accommodation, Accessible Web Design, Be. Lab, Inclusive Society, Innovation, Leadership, People with Disabilities, Services, Social Change
Be. Lab launches their One-Stop-Shop – a completely holistic and bespoke approach to working with any business or organization on their journey towards becoming 100% accessible.We know how challenging it is right now for businesses so we’re making it as...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jun 18, 2020 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Accessibility Legislation, Accessible Web Design, Articles, Blindness, Braille, Digital Inclusion, Dyslexia, Education, Human Rights, Inclusive Society, People with Disabilities, Print Disability, Publication, Social Change, Technology, Visual Impairment
The right to read, which is part of the right to education and the right to language and culture are important human rights. This is an interesting exploration of the accessibility on offer for disabled audiences within the publishing industry in the UK. Read the full...
by Genevieve McLachlan | May 27, 2020 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Accessible Web Design, Andriod, Apple, Articles, Digital Inclusion, Google, Inclusive Design, Inclusive Society, People with Disabilities, Social Change, Technology, Travel
Starting today, Google Maps will feature a new mode called Accessible Places that, when toggled on, will more prominently show wheelchair accessibility info, the company announced on Thursday. It will be rolling out gradually, the company says, for both Android and...
by Genevieve McLachlan | May 5, 2020 | Access Citizen, Access Matters, Accessibility, Accessible Web Design, Articles, Artificial Intelligence, Assistive technology, Blindness, Digital Inclusion, Inclusive Design, Inclusive Society, People with Disabilities, Seniors, Shopping, Social Change, Technology, Visual Impairment
This is an interesting article, based out of the UK which looks at how online retailers can enhance digital accessibility for shoppers with disabilities and gives 10 common things that customers with disabilities wish online retailers knew. In NZ approximately 1 in 4...
