Global Accessibility Awareness Day

ADCET Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Symposium 2025 | Learn more
25 June 2025, at The University of Sydney and online
Navigating authentic assessment and learning in a digital world. 

More events coming soon!

Accessibility at a Glance | view playlist
A series of short videos built to help you learn how to create an inclusive digital experience for people with disabilities.

Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards | watch
If you are unfamiliar with the idea of making content accessible, a good place to start is to watch the following video produced by the W3C. In this video, you will learn more about how different people with disability experience the web and associated technologies.

You'll need it too - rethinking accessibility culture by Anne Kelley TEDxQUT | watch
Physical accessibility, as a design standard and as desirable, needs to be at the forefront of all of our thinking.  Anne Kelley is the 2022 Disability Officer for the QUT Student Guild, and studies a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts).

AI and speech technologies | watch
Learn how an ongoing pilot with Team Gleason helped Brian Jeansonne explore what an Azure custom neural voice can do to bring more of his personality into everyday conversations

Web Accessibility Perspectives - Compilation of 10 Topics/Videos | view playlist
Web accessibility is essential for people with disabilities and useful for all. Learn about the impact of accessibility and the benefits for everyone in a variety of situations.

Introduction to Digital Accessibility | Learn for free
An on-demand course that will provide you with foundational knowledge about disability and digital accessibility. Provided by Vision Australia, Digital Access Training. 

Introduction to Disability Awareness | Learn for free
Challenge ingrained cultural and attitudinal barriers that perpetuate discrimination and learn about the inclusion of people with disability in Australia. You must create a free account and log in. 

Universal Design for Learning in Tertiary Education eLearning Training | Learn for free
The program focuses on the principles and practices of Universal Design for Learning in tertiary settings and aims to increase your understanding of designing, developing, and implementing UDL into your teaching practice. This course is free for individuals to undertake online.

Disability Sensitivity Training | watch
Follow the protagonist, Bob, as he learns how to interact with people with disabilities. 

Everyday Accessibility Basics | view
The ethos that underpins Everyday Accessibility is to welcome you into the space of digital accessibility and empower you with fundamental techniques that offer maximum impact with minimal effort.

Live Captions in Chrome | view
You can use Live Caption to generate captions automatically for videos, podcasts, games, live streams, video calls, or other audio media from Chrome browser on your computer.

Scale text in Chrome | view
Use the Ctrl + to Increase text size and Ctrl – to decrease text size on a Chrome page. Ctrl 0 reset the page to 100%.

Accessibility Tool in Office 365 Applications | view
Use the Check Accessibility Feature in Office 365 Applications to make your documents more accessible. The tool is under the Review menu and can check elements like images without ALT tags, Hard to Read text contrast etc.

Google Accessibility | view
Explore some of Google’s accessibility features and products.

Microsoft Accessibility | view
Explore some of Microsoft’s Accessibility features and products.

Apple Accessibility (all platforms) | view
Mac users have a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver on the systems. Visit the site to familiarise yourself with how to turn on VoiceOver and some basic keystrokes. Also, explore Accessibility features for Apple products that operate on iOS.

Five Tips for Writing Alt-text | view
3.2 billion images are shared on social media daily! That's a big number. Without alt-text, people can be excluded from important information and announcements, data and statistics, entertainment, and culture. This is why it is essential that we add alt-text to images.

Creating Content for Everyone | download
Easy tips to help ensure your work can be understood by the widest possible audience

PWDA Language Guide: A guide to language about disability | download
Written by people with disability, this guide offers best practice advice to assist all people, particularly media outlets, when talking about and reporting on disability.