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Accessibility Hall of Fame

The Accessibility Hall of Fame recognises individuals who have made significant contributions to the promotion and adoption of digital access within their working environment and community.

The nomination process encourages people with disability, their families and carers to acknowledge a person who has worked to make a significant difference in their life. Inductees into the Accessibility Hall of Fame are announced every two years at the Australian Access Awards

Julie Grundy smiles at the camera. She is wearing a dark blue shirt with a floral pattern. Her hair is dyed blue-green.2025 – Julie Grundy
Julie Grundy has been working in the accessibility industry since 2008, both locally and internationally. Her work centres on supporting people from their initial realisations about the importance of accessibility all the way through to their full maturity as accessibility experts in their own right. This has ranged from providing fixes for experimental art projects, to training international teams in business units, and on to testing digital infrastructure for elections and censuses. In particular she has been a guide to the web development community in Perth, at meetups, workshops and as part of the Perth Web Accessibility Camp committee. Julie is committed to outreach into currently inaccessible spaces, and growing the industry by helping people find their own unique way of contributing to a more accessible world.

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2025 – Keeley Johnson

Keeley, a young advocate with Autism, founded Keeley’s Cause at 13 to provide iPads to children with autism and intellectual disability from low-income families. Her organisation bridges the digital divide, enabling these children to access essential technology and participate fully in daily life. Keeley’s efforts have set a national benchmark for digital accessibility and championed inclusion, independence, and equity.

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2023 – Liddy Nevile

Liddy Nevile, credited as the founder of the digital accessibility movement in Australia, has led OZeWAI for several decades, nurturing a community dedicated to accessibility. Her contributions to international standards, including DC and ISO metadata and accessibility standards, have been instrumental in shaping global accessibility initiatives.

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2023 – Vithya Vijayakumare
Vithya Vijayakumare’s commitment transcends boundaries as she orchestrates international speakers to highlight cutting-edge developments in digital accessibility. For nearly a decade, she has been instrumental in driving the Perth Web Accessibility Camp, serving as both a committee representative and a key planner for five years, empowering organisations and fostering accessibility awareness through workshops.

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2021 – Jane McInnes

Jane McInnes has worked in accessibility since 2017 as a key driver of accessibility initiatives at GESB, the WA State Government superannuation fund. In her capacity as Digital Communication Specialist, she led the successful implementation of the GESB website and other online initiatives to achieve outstanding compliance against WCAG 2.0 level AA criteria. Jane has been instrumental in helping GESB embed accessibility into culture, training and practice, and is providing her expertise as a member of GESB’s Disability Access and Inclusion Plan committee.

2019 – Gian Wild

2019 – Gian Wild

Gian has worked in the accessibility industry since 1998. She spent seven years on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group, contributed to the W3C Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group and the W3C Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, and spent six years contributing to the development of WCAG2. Gian has worked with the United Nations, and is the founder of AccessibilityOz.