Accessible Environments & Communications
Autistics Guide to Adulthood
From making friends and self-care, to entering the workforce and advocating for your needs, this interactive resource for the Autistic community , co-designed by autistic adults, aims to provide useful information, strategies and activities.
Author: Collaboration between Australian Government, Autism SA and University of Adelaide
Images portraying people with disability
Guidelines to help you use appropriate images of people with disability in various platforms. “Imagery that normalises the presence of people with disability in everyday scenes will also suggest dignity, independence, mobility and inclusion of people with disability.”
Author : People with Disability Australia PWDA
Adding Alternative Text (image descriptor) to Social Media posts
Alternative text (alt text) is a brief description of an image that is read aloud by screen readers for users who are visually impaired.
Including alt text is another way to get your message across in an accessible way
Author: Volunteerability
Accessible communication for Social Media posts
Use our template and examples to create accessible social media posts, including advertising for volunteers
Author: Volunteerability
Report it Right – Media Guidelines
The media can play an important role in shifting the narrative around disability and support meaningful change in how the general public view and interact with people with disability. The guidelines contain words to use or avoid, interview advice and pointers on image selection to support stories.
Author : Inclusive SA
Developing growth mindsets
Explore how to help volunteers and the co-workers who lead them to ditch the fixed mindsets that are holding them back and adopt a growth mentality that helps them question knee-jerk reaction to change and reconsider what might be possible.
Author : Volunteer Pro