Additional Resources

Low vision information and statistics

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare — People with disability in Australia:

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/disability/people-with-disability-inaustralia/ contents/people-with[1]disability/prevalence-of-disability

Queensland Government – Disability Statistics:

https://www.qld.gov.au/disability/community/disability-statistics

Guide Dogs Queensland – Low vision conditions:

https://qld.guidedogs.com.au/get-resources/about-low-vision

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare — Indigenous eye health measures 2023:

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-healthmeasures-2023/summary

Smart phone accessibility

Apple:

https://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/index.html

Android:

https://support.google.com/accessibility/android#topic=6007234

Formatting documents

Microsoft — Accessibility:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility

Microsoft — Easy tips to create accessible content:

https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE4Y2lz

Microsoft Accessibility Checker:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/improve-accessibility-with-the-accessibilitychecker[1]a16f6de0-2f39-4a2b-8bd8-5ad801426c7f

Microsoft — Add a heading style:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/add-a-heading-3eb8b917-56dc-4a17-891aa026b2c790f2

Media Access Australia — Audio descriptions:

https://mediaaccess.org.au/about/what-is-media-access/what-is-audio-description

Website accessibility and alt text

Web Accessibility Initiative:

https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro

HubSpot:

https://blog.hubspot.com/website/web-accessibility

WordPress Engine:

https://wpengine.com.au/resources/wordpress-image-alt-text

Webaim – Colour Contrast Checker:

https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker

A11y – Color Contrast Accessibility Validator:

https://color.a11y.com/

Readable – Readability checker:

https://readable.com/

WebFX – Readability checker:

https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/

Datayze – Readability checker:

https://datayze.com/readability-analyzer.php

Social media accessibility

Facebook accessibility:

https://www.facebook.com help/273947702950567?helpref=search&query=accessibilty &search_ session_id=4c0aff8077471b7eab3a6fedb2b31282&sr=6

Captions on for Facebook videos:

https://www.facebook.com/help/427723640933279

Instagram accessibility:

https://help.instagram.com/308605337351503/?helpref=hc_fnav

Later – Captions on Instagram stories:

https://later.com/blog/add-captions-to-instagram-stories/

Email accessibility

Mailchimp Accessibility:

https://mailchimp.com/en-au/help/accessibility-in-email-marketing

Mailchimp Inbox Preview tool:

https://mailchimp.com/enau/help/test-with-inbox-preview/

Accessibility and Inclusivity Guidelines –2024 Email on Acid:

https://www.emailonacid.com/blog/article/email-development/email-accessibilty-in-2017

Campaign Monitor:

https://www.campaignmonitor.com/resources/guides/accessibility/

Microsoft Outlook:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-your-outlook-email-accessible[1]topeople-with-disabilities-71ce71f4-7b15-4b7a-a2e3-cf91721bbacb#:~:text=In%20Outlook%2C%20 you%20can%20define,manually%20launch%20the%20Accessibility%20Checker