Accessibility Awareness Day 2020

Every day, thousands of students and staff with a disability access the University's services online. Global Accessibility Awareness Day, on May 21, aims to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion and people with different disabilities.

This year, we are focussing on how to make online meetings accessible to all.

Making Meetings Accessible

• Tips for Accessible Online Meetings

  Tips for ensuring that everybody can participate in online meetings.

• Video Conferencing for Hearing Impaired Staff

  Difficulties encountered in physical meetings are often amplified when meeting online.

• Using Zoom with a Screen Reader

  • Zoom Meetings and JAWS

    Instructions on how to use Zoom Meetings with JAWS screen reading software.

  • Zoom Meetings and NVDA

    Instructions on how to use Zoom Meetings with NVDA screen reading software.

Events and Resources

Each year there are a number of great resources that are produced around Accessibility Awareness Day. Here a listing of a few that have caught our eye:

• Video: Setup iPhone or iPad for iOS mobile Accessibility testing
• Web resource: Inclusive Design Principles
• Live YouTube Presentations: A11y Bytes, 4 - 7 pm, 21 May (Melbourne time)
• Web resource: Readability guidelines, Content Design London
• Video: Translating Maps and Geographic Data to Non-Visual Formats, A Future Date Day 2
• Web resource: Accessible Technology Procurement Toolkit, Disability:In
• Full list of Global Accessibility Awareness Day events

Guides for Academics by Students with Disabilities

• Hearing Impairment
• Blindness
• Mental Health
• Dyslexia
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Mobility Difficulties
• Acquired Brain Injury
• Anxiety
• Migraine
• Cerebral Palsy
• Hearing Loops Demystified

Useful links

• Student Equity and Disability Support

  Services for students who need ongoing assistance with their studies.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): managing stress and anxiety

  Understanding common reactions in yourself and others during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Social Media Accessibility

  Tips for making social media posts accessible.

• Video Captioning

  Guide to various ways of creating video captions.

• Staff with Disability

  • Human Resources - Diversity and inclusion
  • Health and Safety
  • Employee Assistance Program

• Disability Research

  • Melbourne Disability Institute
  • Melbourne Social Equity Institute
  • Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
  • Disability Research Initiative
  • Disability and Health Unit