A guide to providing accessible information
The Book's Content
We have reproduced the books Contents page here to allow you to see the wealth of subjects covered within the guide:
What is this Guide for? 8
How is the Guide set out? 9
Accessibility Guides 10
Accessibility Knowledgebase 12
Accessibility Policy and Practice 12
Accessibility Resources 12
Accessibility Guides 13
1 Printed documents 15
Accessible formats for printed materials 17
Clear Print 18
Large Print 26
Easy to Read 28
Using Plain English 31
Braille 33
2 Audio recordings 37
3 Video recordings 45
4 Web sites 49
Barriers to web site access 50
Assistive Technology 51
Standards 55
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) 56
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 57
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Summary 59
Web Site Commissioning and PAS 78 64
Automated Web Site Accessibility Testing 65
Testing your own web site accessibility 66
Web Site Accessibility Checklist: 67
5 Groups 71
Being inclusive 71
Setting the time 73
Getting to your event 74
Maps 75
On arrival 76
Getting in the building 77
Arriving at the event 78
Signs 79
Personal Assistants 80
Communication 81
Meeting papers 82
Publicity 83
Making your promotion accessible 84
Tickets, bookings and reservations 85
Seating 86
Application and reply forms 87
Accessible forms 88
Written information 89
Information for Deaf, hearing impaired
and Deafblind people 90
Videos 91
Exhibition materials 92
Information Packs 93
PowerPoint 94
Chairpersons, speakers and presenters 95
Public address systems 96
Speech to Text Reporting 97
Translation 98
Lighting 99
Special effects 100
Catering 101
Accommodation 103
Privacy 104
Departure 105
6 One-to-one communication 107
Meeting disabled people 107
Language 108
Meeting Deaf and hearing impaired people 111
Meeting visually impaired people 112
Meeting Deafblind people 114
Meeting people who have speech impairments 115
Meeting people with learning difficulties 115
Meeting people with facial disfigurement 116
Meeting people who have mental health issues 116
Meeting people who are wheelchair users 117
7 Design for access 119
People who use wheelchairs 120
People who experience difficulty walking 121
People who have difficulty holding
and / or manipulating objects 122
People with sensory impairments 122
People with impairments affecting communication
and thought processes 124
The Physical Environment 125
Accessibility Knowledgebase 129
Accessibility Policy & Practice 207
What is accessible information? 207
Why produce accessible information? 208
What are some of the barriers to accessible information? 209
What the Law says 213
What counts as a disability according to the law? 213
What does not count as a disability? 215
Disability Discrimination Act 216
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 221
The Disability Equality Duty 235
What the future holds? 239
Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) 239
Practices, policies and procedures 241
What does all this mean for your organisation? 242
Assessing your own organisations requirements 243
Producing Accessible Information 246
Accessible information policy 249
Accessible Information Plan 251
Accessible Information and Communication Checklist 252
Accessibility Resources 259
