The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a ground-breaking scheme that sets out to empower individuals with a disability.

Understanding disability employment in Australia is an important social issue when it comes to inclusion, a diverse workforce and a rich organizational culture.

Understanding the autism spectrum enables a supportive workplace to be truly inclusive when working with an employee with autism.

In this installment in our series on disabilities we are looking at gaining an understanding of what Autism is, how it affects those who are on the spectrum and what aids are available to them.  

What is assistive technology, how does it aid people with disabilities and what innovations are out there that you may not have heard of?  Assistive Technology as defined by Independent Living Centres Australia –

Google Glass, Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR – If you’re not a video gamer chances are those three words mean next to nothing to you. But what are they, what benefit will they potentially have for those with disability and how can they create new opportunities? Whatis.


 The integration of accessibility functionality into social media is crucial and this week we are looking at the different capabilities within Twitter that make the platform much easier to navigate for those with disabilities. 

Facebook, the worlds largest social media site has excellent features to make connecting and sharing with friends and family possible for a large audience. Through utilizing some of the simple features that Facebook offers you can ensure that all of your network can enjoy all of your memories.

In the latest installment of our accessibility series we are exploring a little known function that ensures your documents are tailored for your audience. Flesch-Kincaid readability tests are built in to Microsoft Office and are incredibly useful when trying to interpret how difficult your document is to understand.

Over the past two weeks we have covered the importance of descriptive alt text and the ways in which Microsoft Word accommodates all users. This week we are covering some of the accessibility features that are built in to Windows 10.