The research team collaborated with a Steering Committee, and d/Deaf, Disabled, and Neurodiverse artists who took part in workshops to plan how to present the information on this website.
The features important in accessing web content discussed in the workshops included -
Style
- Shorter sections of text
- Pictures, symbols, and other visual content to support text
- No confusing, overwhelming, or difficult to access pop ups or videos playing as soon as the website opens
Colour, font, and layout
- Dark colour on light but not bright white background, single colours, single columns - with some differences in preference for light mode and dark mode reading
- Avoid use of red and green which can be difficult for users with colour reading differences
- Larger, less crowded, sans serif font settings, and option to increase font to larger size
- Use of bold, underline, italics or other markers to help follow the flow where there is a long section of text, or there is a hyperlink to another section of text, page, or resource
Accessibility features
- Use of plain English writing - rather than academic English writing - wherever possible throughout the website
- Image description for pictures, symbols, and other visual content in the website
- Transcripts, captions, and wherever possible Auslan interpretation for video content created for the website