“Accessibility is not an add-on” “Accessibility is not a check-list” & Accessibility id not a race” - Mel Tran encourages everyone to embrace accessibility as part of the everyday, as an iterative process, to learn and improve
Incredibly humbling to hear firsthand from Nujeen stories from her journey using a wheelchair from Syria to Germany, and the work being done to do more to make refugee responses inclusive #inclusion#a11y
Carly Findlay, presenting the Matt Laffan memorial address on social justice, talks about the importance of making sure people with disability are paid for their time and expertise #inclusion#respect
#thinkbig great to hear about how language and culture can be promoted in schools - how can Australia also promote uptake of Australian Sign Language (Auslan)?
Verity Firth says we know that diversity contributes to “active learning” and that it’s important to create a culture & curriculum to support a #diverse learning environment #thinkbig
Great to hear more about executive champions to make #inclusion real for #a11y and creating workplace opportunities and including people with visible and invisible disability this #idpwd
How can airlines make sure that invisible & visible disability can ask for assistance in advance? @AshleaMcKay uses TwitterDM but lots of opportunities to do more #a11y#inclusionmatters
#IDxaSyd “Accountability for accessibility and everyone means baking in accessibility from the beginning - and making it happen as part of the design lifecycle - so testing with people is not an add-in” - @Meera404
Today is World Interaction Design Day! More than 60 events will be held around the world today with a focus of advancing diversity and inclusion in design. Find out what's happening in Australia: https://t.co/Fd8Ew7Sc6T