The Digital Access Show

Episode Notes Emma Bennison is the Chief Innovative Officer for a not for profit organisation. She is also passionate about digital accessibility. Emma discusses what usable digital communication means to her and why it is important.

Episode Notes Patrick Lane is an experience designer. He is passionate about digital accessibility. Hear the reasons why.

Episode Notes What are the common Digital Accessibility errors that can be found on most websites? Mark Muscat, Founder of Digital Access Solutions and Assistive Technology, discusses the common errors to look out for.

Episode Notes What is Usable Digital Communication? How can you create great content that meets the usability and accessibility guidelines?

Episode Notes Tania Gomez works with NDIS providers to to meet the NDIS goals. She is also an auditor and understands the importance of communication. One of the biggest barriers is the breakdown in communication between provider and participant. Why?

Episode Notes Shevonne is a leader who also has disability. She runs her own business, electro Consulting. Shevonne has turned her disability into a positive and it enables her to be a leader and entreprenaur.

Episode Notes Laura McIntosh is an advocate for empowering yourself. What does she mean? Taking responsibilty of your actions and taking control of your life to make your life what you want. How does that apply to disability and communication? Have a listen to this week's podcast.

Episode Notes There are many communication barriers. Some that you won't be aware of. What can be done to break down those barriers. Andrew Backhouse from Queenslanders with Disability Network discusses this.

Episode Notes Sujit Menon has a suggestion for all web developers and designers to consider when looking at accessibility. Simple and effective and can become your business card. It is also meeting the digital accessibility standards

Episode Notes Brett O'Connor from the Inception Network is passionate about education. He discusses what people should expect when doing a training course. What is a reasonable adjustment and what are the student's rights in regards to reasonable adjustment.

Episode Notes Shari Irwin has a very unique business. She is an audio describer. What is an audio describer?

Episode Notes What is the legal framework behind the Digital Accessibility Standards? Is there a legal framework might be a better question. Jeanette Jifkins from Onyx Legal gives us the rundown on what the legal framework is and who it applies to.

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 for more information

Episode Notes Dr Scott Hollier from The Centre for Accessibility is the go to person for Digital Accessibility in Australia. He is on taskforces with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and works to make life better for people with disability. Here about the history of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and what is happening in the next release.

Episode Notes Janeen Vosper is like many people who are getting a little older, or younger depending on your definition. Her husband started losing his hearing. There are many frustrations that everyone experiences. How can you work through this with your partner? Janeen has some great tips for you.

Episode Notes Andrew Leigh, and his wife Laura, are parents of 1 son and 3 girls. They also have a support company called Helping Hands Inc. Why did they start the company and what is their reward. One word, their son. Listen and be inspired by the way a couple make a huge difference to someone who is special and needs that bit of extra help.

Episode Notes Sally Meshel is a special person. She is a support teacher for children with disability. Here Sally discuss the education that is available and her experiences as a special education teacher.

Episode Notes Buying or renting can be a very stressful time for anyone. Now add disability into the mix. You can't access a space. You can't read the website. Research is really hard. You can't hear the audio. You can't read the documents. Amir Meshel is a buyer's agent who has a passion for making life easier for people with disability to buy their own home.

Episode Notes Travelling ona cruise ship can be a good one to explore overseas destinations. This journey undertaken by Mark and Illese focuses on ,the cruise ship, Alaska and Japan.

Episode Notes Mark has a severe vision impairment however he also likes to travel. He and Illese Smsithwick did 5 weeks of overseas travel through USA, Canada and Japan. They discuss accessibility, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Episode Notes Ever thought about how a person with vision impairment distinguishes between shampoo and conditioner. What about body lotion or body wash. Or the bottles are, generally, the same shape and size. Kathleen Casford took on the challege and came up with a simple solution that can be applied to most packaging.

Episode Notes Paul Bryan from Action and Intent is a business coach who works with business in the Disability Sector. We discuss a couple of issues in the disability sector that are affecting everyone. What is Paul's thoughts on the changes happening in the NDIS and digital accessibility. Have a listen. Let us know your thoughts.

Disability Employment helps the whole community. This week we are joined by Mark Muscat, Mary Wong, Patrick Dillon, Rebbecca Jurkiewicz, Brendan Somerville and Paula Burgess to discuss all things in employment for people with disability. We hear from business owners, people with disability and disability employment specialists. What are your thoughts.

What makes good communication? What needs to be considered? How does english as a second language affect communication? Bernie Kelly of "A Journey with Bernie" discusses his experiences.

Episode Notes We have met so many wonderful people in the last 18 episodes. After going back and looking at what I have learnt I thought that I would bring the best bits together. I only got up to episode 7. So here is the first episode of Reflections.