00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Welcome everyone. Firstly, we ask that you keep yourself on mute. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Unless asking a question at the end of the session. The slide that you can now see. Up on the screen. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It says accessibility first approach for online resources by and for women with disability. Before we begin, we also would like to let you know that we're recording today's presentation. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Oh, sorry, just a second. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Welcome to women with Disabilities Australia's session on our accessibility first approach to website development by and for women with disability. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We hope you've been inspired by the work by and for women across the globe, the CSW, 68 and we thank you for joining us this afternoon. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Your time. We're sharing with you how we came to develop an accessibility first approach to website design. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We will begin by introducing ourselves. Our position on the project team. Where we're presenting from and we'll be providing our visual descriptions and pronouns. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We will also provide a visual description of each slide during the presentation. The current slide shows a photo of each of the 4 members of our team and our names and our titles. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 My name is Zoe Haste and I use the pronouns. She her. I identify. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 As a woman with disability. I am the project manager overseeing the original outside website. Which celebrated its 4 year anniversary a couple of weeks ago on International Women's Day. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I also leave this amazing team of women in the creation of a new website, which we'll be talking about later today. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I have brown and gray showed a length curly hair and white skin with blue eyes and blue rimmed glasses. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I'm wearing a dark blue top today and I'm sitting at a desk with a blurred background. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I pay my respects to the First Nations people of the land on which I am on today, the more Nina people in southern Notre We to Tasmania, Australia. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And I'm joined by my colleague Sarah. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Morning, well good afternoon. My name is Sarah Smallman. My pronouns are she, her. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And I am our site senior project officer. Hi, I identify as a woman with a disability. Have long black hair and hazel eyes. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And I'm wearing a green top and sitting at a desk with a blurred background. I'm coming to you today from the land of the MAMU people in far north Queensland Australia. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We are also joined today by our colleague Amy. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Hello, I'm Amy Brown. She her and I am neurodiverse. I'm the content communications producer for this project. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I'm on the land of the Moo and inner people in southern Luther, Tasmania, Australia. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And I have shoulder length brown blonde and grey hair. And I'm wearing a green top. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And green framed glasses. My background is blurred. We are joined by my colleague Justina. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Hello, I'm Justina Kitchen. I use the pronouns she her and I'm the project officer. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I'm coming to you from the land of the Bonerong people of the Kolan Nation. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 In Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I have showed a length brown and gray hair and I am wearing a red top and brown rimmed glasses. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 My background has been blurred. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This slide shows a map of Indigenous Australia on behalf of women with disabilities Australia. I acknowledge that today we are presenting to you across the globe. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 From the stolen lands of the First Nations people of Australia, people with a continued rich culture. And this land was never seated. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We express it and gratitude to the First Nations people of Australia for their care of the land and their connection to Sky. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And what ways. We acknowledge and welcome all First Nations people joining us today. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We also acknowledge the value of the unique personalities. Strengths, interests and abilities of every audience member joining us. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Each of you had add to our vibrant and diverse community and we are stronger together. We acknowledge and thank the captioners and international language interpreters here today with us supporting this session. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We also know that the language we are using throughout this presentation is an Australian English perspective. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We understand that regardless of whether you are at the CSW, 68 in person or tuning in virtually. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You have been listening. Sharing and processing a lot over the past week. We value your time and intend to make this session as engaging as possible. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 There will be moments where we will invite you to think quietly about some of the ideas and concepts we're sharing. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And towards the end of the presentation, we hope there'll be time for questions. It's also a hope that you will gain valuable insights on accessibility in website design that's helpful for you and your work. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And if you have any questions that we can't get to today, please email us. Amy is putting our email address in the chat. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Just while Amy does that, I just wanted to remind those of you who are wanting to use the live captioning option for today's session. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 If you scroll back up through the chat, you'll see a message. From the from either Jake or the AI media coordinators with the link to use the live captioning. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And I'll just give everyone a moment. To either go back. And grab that link and set that up. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And also to take down now email address if you want to contact us. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Feel free also to put in the chat, where your dialing in from today it might be at the CSW event so you could just put New York or CSW. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And we'd we'd love to know if anyone is dialing in from Australia to Today or anywhere across the world. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We love to learn and share ideas and for this presentation, Sarah, Amy, Justina and I will be sharing our work with you through a series of slides. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 That will present for around 40 min, 45 min. And then as I said I hope that we have some time for questions at the end. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We'll share a little bit about our website. And it's evolution over the last 4 years. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We will also share a little bit about our new website being launched in May this year. Will be sharing some tips and posing questions you might ask yourself and or your organization. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 When thinking about accessible resource creation. We're always listening, but right now we'd like to present to you. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Yeah. This slide shows the women with Disability Australia logo. Okay, and the list of the main points that I will cover about our work. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Women with Disabilities Australia, our acronym is pronounced WIDER. Was a in 1,985. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We are an award-winning Australian disabled persons organization or DPO. And National Women's Alliance. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 For women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities in Australia. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Feminine identifying is a term that refers to a gender identity, or expression. That describes someone with a gender that is or leans towards feminine. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Some feminine identifying people also identify as women, while many others don't. Non-binary is an umbrella term. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 For someone who does not identify as exclusively man or woman. Identities that are outside of the generate gender binary. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Someone who is non binary might feel like a mix of genders or like they have no gender at all. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We use the term women and girls with disabilities. On the understanding that this is inclusive of women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities in Australia. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Twitter presents more than 2 million individuals in Australia. We have affiliate organizations and networks in most states and territories of Australia. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And we are internationally recognized. All of our work work is grounded in a human rights based framework. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 That links gender and disability to civil political, economic. Social and cultural it rights. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To promote the rights of women and girls with disability, we take part in a range of systemic advocacy issue activities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Our work seeks to support and empower individuals. While also creating greater awareness among government and other relevant institutions about their obligations to do so. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We don't have its own website. And Amy will be putting that link in the chat now. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 That supports the work that we do. Our website is www.wwda.org.org.au. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Twitter also produced and continues to operate and maintain the outside website. A website created because women live with disabilities in Australia there asked for it. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This slide shows a screenshot of the outside homepage. Amy is putting the website link in the chat now. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 WWW dot our site.dot.dot.au. Widow launched our site on International Women's Day. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 8 of March, 2020. Our site focuses on 5 key areas. Rights, leadership, life choices, sexual health and safety from violence. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 The website houses information and resources to support women and girls with disability to learn about and stand up for their rights. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Outside is an Australian wide project led by women with disabilities Australia. It is a website created in code design by and for women and girls with disability. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 The website is grounded in the diverse experiences of women and girls with disability. What does co-design approach? 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So over 100 women with disabilities collaborate across all stages of the project. We consider co-design to be an essential step in building accessible resources. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It is by inviting community members to participate in the design process that we really come to understand. The diverse accessibility needs of our community. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Okay, this slide shows some messages from the original outside co-designers. Women and girls with a disability joined hearts and minds to create our site with their own personal experiences. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Stories and expertise. People with disability own our site and no one can take this from us. Our side can be our voice. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Oh, just a second. And you're on mute. Just start again. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Thank you. We've worked hard to update and improve the our site website based on feedback and suggestions gathered from our in person and online co-design workshops delivered throughout, 2,023. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And from our national survey, originally in English, and then translate it into 6 languages. They were Arabic Cantonese, Mandarin. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Vietnamese and Turkish as well as the Australian First Nations language of Northern Territory Creole. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We've got the slide up is our 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Stories. Slide. We reviewed the entire website and made hundreds of updates and improvements including improving the provision of accessible resources and to service providers. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Alongside the range of resources our site also houses stories contributed by women with disabilities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Last year we read designed the our story section. That's what the slide is showing. And I'm popping a link in the chat now. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 If you're interested in taking a look at that. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Over the past. 4 years we have shared nearly 100 stories in a range of mediums including poems, written stories, audio. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Interviews shot documentary style clips and art forms. They fall into the categories your rights, lead and take part. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Life choices? Sex in your body and safety and violence. If you are a woman girl, feminine identifying or non-binary person with a disability in Australia, you can picture a story for publication using the link. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 That I'm just about to share because I can't do all the things at once. We offered this as a paid opportunity. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And this is how we connect. With our community. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 As well as updating and making improvements to our site. We have also been building a new website. This slide shows the our site logo and also the temporary new website logo. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 In early, 2,022, Women with Disabilities Australia. Secured funding from the National Australian Government Department of Social Services. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To expand our site. With a specific focus on addressing violence against women with disabilities. The site team got straight back. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To the collaboration table. For a new round of co designing. Because we know that co design is a real key step in the pathway. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To designing accessible websites. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Feedback gathered from initial co-design workshops really clearly indicated that a desire within our community for a new site rather than simply an expansion of the existing outside. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So starting a fresh provided us with the opportunity to assess all processes. And approaches used in developing our site. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We were particularly interested in enhancing the accessibility of this new web-based resource. And our aim is to provide relevant and accessible information for both women with disabilities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Their families and also supporting professionals on the topics of well-being, rights. Healthy relationships and the prevention of violence and abuse. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This slide shows a collection of photos from our co-design workshops and website user testing sessions. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 The journey so far has been about listening, learning and sharing with women with disabilities. This project began with a project steering committee of 9 women from across the country with a range of disabilities and lived experience. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And we, are fortunate enough that they meet with us on a regular basis to discuss the project. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We have dedicated time to exploring. Co-design opportunities for women with disabilities as well as their families, friends and the professionals who support them in the disability. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And domestic and violent family violence support sectors. We implemented an expert co-production panel. Which means, excuse me, that we co produce work, with people with lived experience. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And also an expert review panel. Meaning people with expertise, lived experience reviewing the work that we're doing. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And both, comprised of women with the experience of disability and some with, lift experience of gender based or family and domestic violence. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This ensured, and continues to ensure that the project is co-designed from inception to implementation. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 With those the website is meant for. Other opportunities to provide guidance and feedback on the project included 20 in person and online workshops. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And international survey as we mentioned before. All content and design decisions have been informed by insights. Gathered from the East Co-design opportunities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Additionally, the website design facilitated by the website developer handout has undergone several user testing processes with women with disabilities, their family and sector representatives. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Flexibility is at the core of our project plan and we're open to adjusting based on codesign feedback and suggestions. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And we've ensured that we have the capacity to do that. Many times over within the project. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It's crucial to allow time to listen and integrate changes and intentionally build this into our timeframe. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Offering multiple co-design and consultation opportunities. Throughout the project lifecycle ensures that the final product truly meets the needs and wants of our community. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So we're in the final stage of content creation for our new website. And This new website has over 60 topics that were suggested and chosen by women with disabilities and they focus on sex. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Relationships and building the awareness and supporting the prevention of violence and abuse against women and gender diverse people with disabilities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 With a constant focus on accessibility. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So when we're talking about accessibility, what what do we mean? The slide that we have up at the moment is, it's just a really basic example of something where you can read text easily and when you can't read text easily and that has a different a bunch of different reasons why that happens. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So accessibility is about this, but it's also about more. It's a commitment to ensuring that everybody can access the same opportunities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It's about recognising and meeting the diverse needs of You're audience. And. The individuals by acknowledging that we have a range of needs and creatively innovating to meet them. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We're excellent, we're all excellent at this because we all creatively problem solve every day. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 In our website design and. Content development process, we prioritize accessibility. In a few key areas. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We considered the imagery in the lettering. Such as font type. Size, shape. And we provide descriptive text or audio descriptions for images to accommodate those with visual impairments. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We followed the Australian Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WCAG. To make our web content accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Some countries have similar rating systems. If your country doesn't have a rating system you can access other rating systems from other countries to get some ideas of that. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We also assess whether the language used is easily understood by the audience that we are aiming the work to be for. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We take into account factors such as education level, cognitive and cognitive capacity. We avoid using complex jargon. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Or academic language and provide definitions where necessary to support understanding. We also pay attention to color and color contrast to enhance readability and consider multiple navigation methods. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To facilitate ease for all users. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We provide tools directly on our web pages to adjust text and readability. Sorry to adjust text and size and offer screen voiceover options to improve readability for users with different needs. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Exceptibility also involves maintaining. Our site to ensure that links and information remain relevant and up to date. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We continuously monitor, encourage feedback and update the outside website striving to keep it engaging, informative and accessible to all users. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Exceptibility is also about making room at the table. Asking what people's access needs are in attending an in person or online workshop. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This might be asking if they need more breaks. They might need the lighting a little lower and they might need particular seating or space. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You might like to have a look at our site now. We did put the the link in before but we'll do it again. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And If you have any suggestions or feedback about the websites, please email us. I'll drop both these links in after I've finished talking. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And I'd also like to take this moment to encourage you to think about what accessibility means to you. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 What do you need to be able to access information? And what do the people that you work with need? 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 If, if you would like, write down some of these, these ideas now and, They might help you later and we might be able to talk about it at the end if we have time. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And you might also like to think about the ways that we've made this presentation accessible as well. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Hmm. So this slide shows a group of women. And gender deviverse people in discussions at one of our co design workshops in 2023. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So co-design means that our understanding of accessibility and is understood in relationship with those who will be accessing the. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Read. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It's an approach that engages users as active participants in the design and decision making process. In this approach. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It acknowledges the expertise. And the lived experience of individuals as being central. It acknowledges that their needs and preferences are considered from the outset. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And it aims to create inclusive solutions that address the unique challenges and needs of diverse groups. For organizations Co-design ensures that projects or programs Deliver services and information that their clients or end users genuinely need and want. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Our commitment to codesign encompasses genuine involvement of women with disabilities. Leading to a shade ownership of project activities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Okay. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Ensuring participants feel valued and respected for their contributions. Supporting women with disabilities to participate by providing a variety of accessible materials and opportunities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And establishing a shared understanding through honest and transparent dialogue and partnership. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To recognize the contributions of women with disabilities, we offer enumeration for their involvement and their expertise. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 For smaller organisations or groups unable to provide financial compensation alternatives such as skill exchange or training opportunities can be explored. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Our site stripes to be a comprehensive resource and community hub where we can find relevant and useful information. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So the outside website. Is an online resource that has 2 modes. And what I mean by that is there's a Plain language. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Otherwise known as a plain English, for English speaking. People and easy read. The landing page is in both plain language and you can. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Sorry, the landing page is in plain language and you can choose to turn on the easy read mode. So this show slide shows the outside real stories page we showed you earlier. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It's in plain English on the left and in easy read on the right. So it's exactly the same. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Page essentially and set of information but it's displayed and interpreted in a different way. This means that the website information is in plain English, meaning you're using planar language, shown on the left and in easy read meaning specialized information formatting shown on the right. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Easy Read is the most accessible for people with low literacy or cognitive or intellectual disabilities and easy read follows a format of providing a picture and then a. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Sentence or 2 sometimes and then also sometimes there's dot points to help expand the the concept. With our new website, we've provided these 2 modes, but this time we've made the easy read, the landing page. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This means that when you use our website, URL link, you will go to the website in Easy Read. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And you can navigate the website to choose the plain English or plainer language version of the website. Why? 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You might have already guessed it, but because those with the more complex needs shouldn't have to navigate an online resource such as a website. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To find information in an accessible format. It should be front and center and should be the easiest to access. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This slide shows a screenshot of plain language on the left and a screenshot of easy raid on the right on the topic of education. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You might like to write down some differences between the 2. You can see from these images. Easy rates simplifies complex information. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Easy raid does not exclude information but rather expands the information. To provide a clearer description. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Demonstrating how complex information is simplified for better comprehension. Okay, easy route is not just for people with low literacy or intellectual or cognitive disabilities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 A lot of people find this format much clearer and easier to navigate, especially online. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This slide shows the top section of the our site homepage with turn easy read on circled in green. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So let's pull this together. You might wish to take some notes during this slide. What could accessibility look like in your work? 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We can do specific things like provide easy read resources. But we can also. Include everyone. We can make sure everyone feels welcome and involved. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Sorry, focus on what's best for the whole community and not just certain people. We can learn together. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You can teach your team how to make things accessible for everyone. You can keep learning and adapting as you go. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We can work together. Collaborate with everyone involved, recognising each person's strengths and abilities. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Let everyone contribute in the different ways that suits them. And be flexible. Offer different ways for people to join in like in line or in person. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Maybe over a cup of tea. It doesn't have to be formal. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Keep it simple. Use clear language and avoid complicated words. Make it easy for everybody to understand. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Mike navigation easy. Organized things so they're easy to find. These labels, descriptions, shortcuts to help people get around. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Consider everybody. Make sure all events and materials are accessible for people with different disabilities, both online and offline. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Stay engaged. Keep people involved at the right level so they stay interested and contributing. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Offer people different ways to participate. Let people know to join in however they're most comfortable. Like talking or writing or in small groups. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Keep learning together, create that environment where people can learn from each other's perspectives. And improve as you go, we don't have to do this perfectly. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Listen to feedback from people with disabilities and make changes to make things better for them. And celebrate inclusive work. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Recognize and appreciate organizations that make accessibility a priority. You may not be able to do all of these things. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 But these are points of consideration and we hope you've taken some of something away that you might be able to implement in your work. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This is a slide. Showing us doing it altogether in a group activity. We encourage you to join us in our mission and spread awareness and support for accessibility in online resources. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 New website will have a dedicated section for professionals. Which includes a free online course in co-design. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 If you are interested in learning more about Co-design, we encourage you to join our mailing list. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 The link is in the chat. By supporting each other we can encourage collaboration and advocacy to create a more inclusive digital landscape. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You might like to use one or 2 points we discussed on the previous slide to take one step. Closer to increasing accessibility awareness. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And practice. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This slide shows our contact details. We hope that you've taken at least one, if not more, valuable ideas away from this. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Session to share with others. And please get in touch with us if you have any insights. Feedback or questions about how you might meaningfully co-design a space people can call their own. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 To find out more about our sites or women with disabilities Australia, you can use any of the links provided on the slide and in the chat. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I wonder, Amy, if you can pop these into the chat, thank you. So what's on the slide is a number of links. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And contact details. You can find the link to the report that was written about our site for 4 years ago and just after the site was launched. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And this might actually be a really good starting point if you're wanting to develop a similar accessible resource using co design. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We are very excited to be towards the end of our work on the new website that will be launching on sixteenth of May. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We would absolutely love you to email us at, at our email address, which, will pop in the website in the link in the chat, sorry. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So that we can put you on the mailing list. So that you can be one of the first to experience it. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And even though it is tailored to an Australian audience, it's very relevant, and has lots of, as we mentioned, lots of free resources. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So that's the end of our presentation and even though it's the morning here for us and we might be thinking about having our first coffee. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We're aware that it's getting towards dinner time. For you in New York if that's where you're joining us from. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We might just because we started a little bit later and thank you all for your patience if you were here from the beginning. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We might just have time to take one question if anyone has it, but, we also really encourage you to email us if it's a bit more of a complex question and we really love having those conversations. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So, if you send us an email, we about our resources and we can respond and have that online conversation. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And it might be that you want a bit more time to experience the outside website. And we've mentioned the new website a number of times and you might be very curious about, you know, what the look and feel and experience of that. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It's gonna look like as well. So we're happy to have conversations about that before the launch on the sixteenth of May. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Okay, I'll stop this now and come back into the main room. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We do have one question. We have one person with their hand up, would you like? The questions to be written into the chat. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Zoe. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Where the questions come? Oh, do you mean if someone speaks at verbally to have it written into the chat? 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Both that and would you, I have somebody who has their hand up and I'm just wondering. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We would just speak to them. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Okay, so, yes, if the person with their hand up wants to ask a question, it'd be great if you could dictate it into the chat. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 But it will also be, typed out in captions if people have that turned on, but let's cover, all bases. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So, Aparna. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I don't think that as a participant we can hear them so they're going to have to Put there. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Question type that question into the chat if that's possible. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 You able to do that, Aparna? 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 This will wait for that question to come through. I just want to think the live captioners again. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I hope that we spoke at a pace. That worked for you and also gratitude to the international sign language interpreters as well. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 An amazing job. I appreciate your support. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I don't have a question coming up yet. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Which is white just it's Just giving people a moment to digest what we've said. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 We've just spoken a lot and you might have had a lot of thoughts and questions might not be what are coming to you. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 It actually might be that you're thinking about how, you may already be doing a lot of what we just spoke about. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And you might have thought of one slight little difference that you'd like to implement. So it might be that you're more thinking than wanting to ask questions. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Which is We'll see. A wonderful part of this process. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 I'll just give everyone a few more minutes to ask a question. In the chat if they want to. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And if not, we'll let you head off to your Evenings if you're in New York or elsewhere where it's evening time. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 And for everyone else to head off to work. If you're in Australia or in a morning time zone. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 Let me see. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 No questions coming through, Amy. Beautiful. I'm gonna take that to mean that you're either thinking about all the wonderful things we've talked about and that we answered all of your questions, which is always our aim in presentations like this. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 So thank you so much for your time and concentration, today. And yeah, we'd love to keep in touch. 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:30.000 So, please reach out to us. In the coming days, weeks or months. Alright, take care everyone.