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Dr Scott Hollier presents at the Information, Telecommunications, and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) College of Engineers Australia evening event.

Building in or bolting on? ITEE Engineers Australia presentation

Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia

Earlier in the week it was a great privilege to be the Information, Telecommunications…
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Dr Scott and Vithya in the conference hall

Thank you Tasmania for continuing to Escape the Accessibility Island

Dr. Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia recently returned from running some workshops in Tasmania in partnership with the Centre For Accessibility Australia and…
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Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Disability at the official launch of VisAbility's My Vision, My Choice platform.

VisAbility release new online resource to empower vision impaired to navigate NDIS

Western Australian based disability service provider VisAbility has officially launched My Vision My Choice, a new online resource to assist people with vision impairment to navigate the National Disability Insurance…
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A mockup of a computer keyboard with a blue access button

Australian Digital Transformation Agency commits to WCAG 2.1 AA update

Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), a Federal government department that oversees the national Digital Service…
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Amazon’s Echo Show lets users tap the screen to access Alexa

Amazon updates Echo Show to support speech and hearing impaired users

Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia

The Amazon Echo Show, a digital smartspeaker that includes a touchscreen, has received a new…
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ATO staff upskill in preparation for WCAG 2.1

Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia

Last week it was a great privilege to provide a webinar to staff from the…
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Scene from the popular video game Fortnite

Accessible gaming: the calls for improvement grow louder every Fortnite

Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia

As a child of the 1980s, I find the evolution of video games a fascinating…
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Three small, rocky islands projecting from the ocean, with a light purple haze

Escaping the web accessibility island

Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia

It’s a common story – you are a passionate accessibility advocate, trying to do your…
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Centre For Accessibility Australia Launch

The Centre for Accessibility Australia was launched at the DADAA Fremantle Hub yesterday by the Honourable Stephen Dawson, Minister for Disability Services and Environment. The audience was treated to screen…
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Artistic Director Jodee Mundy's Imagined Touch, 2016. Photo by Jeff Busby.

The future of aesthetic use of access in art

Access is not only something for presenters to address. As successful works are created and mounted by diverse artists, it’s also become an integral part of creative practice. In many examples, stories told with access at the forefront creates work that all people can enjoy, and is not aimed specifically at able-bodied audiences.
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