1. Strategies for ensuring the
accessibility of online content
for everyone
Sarah Pulis
Web Accessibility Evangelist
Access iQ

2. Meet my mum
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3.  Government 2.0 involves
consulting and engaging

with stakeholders online
From The AGIMO Government 2.0 Primer

4. Inclusion
Engagement
Equality Accessibility

5. Inclusion Gov 2.0
Engagement
DDA NTS
Equality Accessibility

8. Social media checklist
Who will be excluded?
Accessibility of social media platform
Are there work-arounds in place?
Accessible alternatives
Is this the only method of delivery?

9. Environments you control
ICT Accessibility
Maturity Model
Scorecard

10. Remove critical barriers
Accessibility Barrier Scores
Description Reference Incidence Severity Remediation
Images without appropriate
1.1.1 2 1 Low
text alternatives (alt text)
Insufficient colour contrast
between foreground (text) 1.4.3 2 3 High
and background

11. Low hanging fruit
Changes that fix issues
across the website
Address easy changes
first

12. Strategies for dealing with legacy
content

13. Education and awareness
raising
Accessibility as part of business as
usual
Understanding and awareness
Education tailored to a person’s
role within the department

14. Disability Action Plan
Form a plan of action
Lodge with Australian Human Rights
Commission

15.  Pre vision loss I used the
internet for a lot of things. Post
vision loss I use it for everything.

Bruce Blackshaw, Teaching professional
Early 60s

16. Level 3, 616-620 Harris St
Ultimo NSW 2007
t: +61 2 8218 9320
e: knowhow@accessiq.org
@accessiq
Slides available on Slideshare: Access iQ
accessiq.org
Web accessibility know how

17. References
Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy
http://bit.ly/arMzVI
Socialability
http://bit.ly/xOgaXb
Accessibility Barriers Scores
http://bit.ly/ucpsYq

18. References (con’t)
Accessible Information and Communication Technologies
http://bit.ly/RiZStE
Attitude Adjuster cards
http://bit.ly/VkMvG1
Action plans and action plan guides
http://bit.ly/PmHGPE