Dr Scott Hollier, CfID’s Senior Lecturer for the Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility, shares his insights on the recently announced draft update to the WCAG standard.
Category: Blog (page 5)
Navigating 2020
From the devastating bushfires to growing concerns around Coronavirus, the start of 2020 has raised fresh physical and mental health challenges for many Australians.
Broadcast and social media communication in emergencies
As the current bushfire crisis is unfolding, we’ve received enquiries about messages broadcast via television, print and online media. The following guide is a simple resource for people to communicate inclusively in times of emergency.
Diversity and inclusion is more than a pretty face
Is your brand genuinely on purpose? Diversity and inclusion (now known as D&I) has come a long way as a business imperative – with many global brand leaders now appointing heads of D&I and organising regular company-wide initiatives to address…
Vale John Losco
It is with deep sadness that we wish to acknowledge the passing of Board Member John Losco – the longest serving member of the board of directors.
How to find accessible media and web browsers
Information for accessible media resources and details of accessibility features in browsers.
I’m not a robot
CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans apart and it’s a way to filter out bots and fraudulent automated activity from the behaviour of real people. It’s an umbrella term describing several different techniques…
I am not a unicorn: stop hiring autistic people for the wrong reasons
Believe me, I want you to hire autistic people. As an autistic job seeker myself, I can tell you that it’s pretty tough out here. I’ve been searching for 2.5 years now with no success. The job market is a…
A friendly face for low vision airport travellers
In an Australian first, Sydney Airport is helping blind and low vision travellers to navigate the airport. CEO, Geoff Culbert says, “it’s all about making the airport experience easier and more accessible for our passengers”.
The beautiful game has an ugly side
The World game, the beautiful game, football, soccer, religion, whatever you want to call it — it is the game that is on more TV screens, in more fields and more stadiums than any other game across the globe. It…