The Digital Access Show

Episode Notes Paul Price is a sound engineer with Reading Radio. He has lived with disability all his life. What has Paul had to do to try to get access to information? How does it make a person feel when, to access information, they have to take the extra measures that Paul had to do?

Episode Notes Christmas is a time of giving. So this year we are giving some tips and tricks for you to put into practice in the coming weeks. Reece Crawford joins us to learn as well. Have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year.

Episode Notes Shiralee McKitrick is a special lady. She not only has a rare disability herself, she and her partner, Simone, are raising two sone with disability. It really was a case of "You don't know what you don't know". Since being diagnosed herself Shiralee and her family have gone on a journey with a difference. What has that to do with communication and digital accessibility? Hav...

Episode Notes Emma Bennison is a leader in the Vision Impaired community. Emma, along with Graeme Innes, Vaughan Bennison and others have created a group called Blind Leaders United. In today's episode Emma discuss usable digital communication

Episode Notes Santiago Valesquez came to Australia as a child. He, like everyone, has issues catching public transport. However, Santiago has found a solution. Hear Santiago discuss the solution for people missing buses and the way to make public transport more efficient for us all. See www.hailo.co ( http://www.hailo.co ) for more information

Episode Notes Living with disability in a regional area of Australia comes with some extra challenges. From the lack of services to transport life is different to those who live in the city. Jaceen Ross discusses her experiences of living with disability in regional Queensland.

Episode Notes Alyce is a hearing impaired lady who teaches us about the challenges that she experiences in every day life. It is sad at times that she struggles to get t he message through.

Episode Notes Patrick Dillon had an accident which changed his life forever. Assistive technology has given him independence.

Episode Notes Meryl Evans was born profoundly deaf. She is a professional speaker, and trainer, accessibility marketing consultant and all round nice lady. What is accessibility for Meryl.

Season 2 Finale - Allan Parker and Marc Muscat It's the Season 2 Finale! DASAT’s Allan Parker and Mark Muscat join Narelle to wrap up The Digital Access Show for this year. They dive into the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 review, digital accessibility shifts across the EU, and what’s next for the show!

Episode Notes Jenni Engels has lived with vison impairment since childhood. She has had to create her own business so that she could work. Her journey is an interesting one.

Episode Notes Tara Shekede dives into the mission behind her company, Me Plus More, an online platform designed to help individuals with intellectual disabilities build confidence and independence in the digital world. She explores how users can protect themselves online through accessible, easy-to-understand tools and resources that promote safe digital engagement.

Episode Notes David Oram from Atomic Web Strategy shares what his company is all about, what the Do Better Campaign is, and what you need to consider when building a digitally accessible website.

Episode Notes Nick Hosking from KN Website Design is passionate about opening up the internet to everyone. He has joined the Do Better Campaign to ensure that everyone can read, access and understand the content on the website.

Episode Notes This week's guest is Jeb Ryan from Heart-Led Support, a company that focuses on helping men with their mental health and disabilities. Jeb dives into how Heart-Led Support came around, as well as his meaningful opinions on what needs to be considered in this area.

Episode Notes Belinda Vesey-Brown from Meet AandI is passionate about ensuring that all documents including videos are correctly captioned and audio described. Hear her thoughts about captions and audio description and what needs to be done.

Episode Notes Alex Bey from Meet AandI is a teaches people how to make documents accessible to everyone. Having family that require the accessible documents means that Alex knows not only the reasons for digital accessibility. He knows the barriers that the lack of digital accessibility brings.

Episode Notes Do Better is a campaign for purpose-led organisations ready to serve every customer — including people with disability and neurodivergence. At it's heart it is ensuring that digital accessibility becomes part of the standard operating procedure.

Episode Notes Simone is on a mission to educate everyone about digital accessibility. She is passionate to educate about the social model of disability. Not the medical model. Hear about Simone's work.

Episode Notes Meredith Prain is an experienced Allied Health Professional and Researcher with a demonstrated record of achieving high quality outcomes in the disability sector. Over 20 years' experience working together with people with disabilities, particularly those with deaf blindness and their support networks. Meredith discusses the challenges that people who are deaf blind have in managing...

Episode Notes Vickie Anderson has supported people with vision impairment for over 20 years. One of the myths that she breaks is that vision impaired people don't cook. There are accessibility barriers. vickie knows how to get around the barriers.

Episode Notes Lee-Anne Reuber is a lady with a vision. Bringing fitness to the community at large including people with disability. So she created an app, Sekond Skin Society. An app that brings fitness to people with disability by people with disability. Hear the challenges that Lee-Anne has in ensuring that the ombile phone app is accessible to everyone.

Episode Notes This week’s guest is Craig Shanahan, owner of The Blind Chef Cafe and an inspiring motivational speaker. Craig shares how he made his café genuinely accessible for all disabilities, and opens up about the ups and downs of becoming disabled later in life — proving it’s not all doom and gloom. Enjoy the episode! Don’t forget to drop a comment with your favourite moment.

Episode Notes As Director of Engels Floyd Quality Consulting, Sharon brings specialist expertise in quality improvement, NDIS support, and compliance. Sharon and the team help providers understand their obligations while building systems that genuinely reflect how they operate. On behalf of the NDIS Commission, Engels Floyd has trained all 1500 NDIS auditors each year since 2018. This means Engels...

Episode Notes What is NVDA? Where is it sued? What is the relationship to digital accessibility? Quentin Christensen from NV Access Online has the answers.