The Digital Access Show

Episode Notes Tracy Whitelaw is Chief Digital Officer for Local Government Association of Queensland. How does she see senior management role with the implementation of digital accessibility and the web content accessibility guidelines?

Episode Notes What happens to the brain and body and feelings when a person is trying to do some that they haven't done before or find a task very hard? Allan Parker OAM from Peak Performance Development has the answers and the solution.

Episode Notes What is dyslexia and dysgraphia? Joseph Lee is a talented man who does not let either disability get in his way.

Episode Notes What do you know about Tourettes? What are the communication issues that a person who has Tourettes lives with?

Episode Notes Cherie Patterson has lived with severe vision impairment from birth. Che has never let it stop her meeting her goals. Cherie has worked in both the public and private sectors. What has changed in the work environment in regards to digital accessibility?

Episode Notes Luna Rose has no vision. Ever wonder how she votes and what are the barriers that she has to voting?

Episode Notes Hilton Luke from Queensland Department of Primary Industry has been working on a project to implement digital accessibility to their products. What are the challenges that they have experienced?

Episode Notes Paul Price is a sound engineer with Reading Radio. He has lived with disability all his life. What has changes in legislation at the Federal and State levels done to assist Paul?

Episode Notes How do you ensure that your website meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? Who should you talk to. Mark Muscat from DASAT has the answers

Episode Notes Tommy Trout from DisBranded Inclusive-AF does a deep dive into the Why of being inclusive. Why should digital accessibility be incorporated into your work.

Episode Notes What is the Understandable Principle of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? What about the Robust Principle. How should they be applied. Do they make a difference> Mark Muscat from DASAT has some answers for you.

Episode Notes What is the Operability Principle of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? Why does it matter? Where can it help? Mark Muscat from Digital Access Solutions and Assistive technology has the answers.

Episode Notes Lisa Young is an independent orientation and mobility specialist who works with vision impaired people to enable t heir independence in the community. In this episode, Lisa talks about the barriers to people with disability when all the signs and methods of navigation are not set up for the vision impaired.

Episode Notes Chris Kerrisk is the CEO of Cerge. Cerge is a mobile phone app that links people with disability and services in the community from swimming pools and retail shops to airports and every other service in between. Therefore, it is important that the app meets the Digital Accessibility Standard. Chris talks about the steps that they took to implement digital accessibility.

Episode Notes The TechAbility Conference explored tech in the NDIS industry. What is new and what is the expectations that the NDIS providers have to meet. Hear from ShiftCare, QuickClaim, DataNova, Able Mind Services, DisBranded, TechAbility about digital accessibility in Australia and what the latest requirements mean for the.

Episode Notes Tracey Hayim is a graphic designer who took time off work to learn about digital accessibility, the global standard, Web content Accessibility Guidelines, and how to implement it into her work. Hear her story.

Episode Notes It is common for web developers to say that the websites that they build are digitally accessible. However, when checked using the Digital Accessibility Standard, AS EN 301 549:2024, the site isn't. Nick Hosking and Kim Amor are in the process of learning the standard. What do they think are the important thinks that developers and designers need to consider when building websites.

Episode Notes People with disability often are victims to hacking and other cybersecurity issues. What can be done to reduce the chances? Luke Irwin from Aegis CyberSecurity has some answers.

Episode Notes Shiralee McKitrick has a chromosomal deficiency along with her boys. What are the effects on communication and how does she handle the schooling for her boys.

Episode Notes Aaron has worked in the Disability Sector for many years. He also has a disability that is impacted by badly structured communication. Hear Aaron talk about the frustration of not being able to work efficiently due to lack of digital accessibility awareness.

Episode Notes Peter Archer is NDIS Provider with a difference. He is also a man with a young family that understands life with disability. Find out how Peter manages communication in his work.

Episode Notes Anita Gover from Techability is organising a conference for NDIS Providers which focuses on technology solutions and NDIS systems. However, unknowingly, Anita approved a banner that broke the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Australian Digital Accessibility Standards. Find out more about howshe handled the issues. What were the benefits of fixing the issue?

Episode Notes Mark, a successful marketing officer, has lived with disability all his life. This means that he has experienced incorrect assumptions based on perception. How has that affected Mark? How does Mark deal with it?

Episode Notes Allan Parker OAM from Peak Performance Development is a micro behavioural scientist and linguist. He specialises in human behaviours and how to improve communication. He is a renown author, and has been a UN Negotiator. Find out Allan's take on perceptions, assumptions and beliefs. How does your perceptions, assumtions and beliefs affect communication?

Episode Notes Jeremy Hill has worked as an Orientation and Mobility Trainer for over 30 years. He joins digital assistive technologies with physical assistive technologies to teach the vision impaired how to move around the community.