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SELF ASSESSMENT FORM

Complete the self assessment form below to gauge how your business is doing in terms of accessibility and inclusivitly!

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Step 1 of 6 - Rights & Responsibilities

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PREMISES (PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY)

Entrance to your business is accessible and clear of obstacles*

Yes

Not Yet

Steps are smooth, non-slip and well-lit with handrails and guardrails where possible*

Yes

Not Yet

Portable ramp is available for access to premises (where required)*

Yes

Not Yet

Floors and surfaces are non-slip*

Yes

Not Yet

Service counter is accessible and well-lit*

Yes

Not Yet

Aisles are wide enough for pram/wheelchair/walking frame access*

Yes

Not Yet

Door handles are an accessible height*

Yes

Not Yet

EFTPOS machine is accessible*

Yes

Not Yet

Accessible toilet is available*

Yes

Not Yet

Designated parking space/s for people with disability*

Yes

Not Yet

Accessible path of travel from parking space to premises*

Yes

Not Yet

SERVICE (SOCIAL ACCESS AND INCLUSION)

Staff have received disability awareness training*

Yes

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Staff are aware about inclusive communication with people with disability*

Yes

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Staff know the location of the nearest accessible car space*

Yes

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Staff know the location of the nearest accessible toilet*

Yes

Not Yet

Sound-absorbing materials are used where possible*

Yes

Not Yet

Lighting is indirect and does not create glare or shadows*

Yes

Not Yet

Background noise (ie music) is kept to a minimum*

Yes

Not Yet

Business provides opportunities for feedback provision*

Yes

Not Yet

COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING

Business can be contacted in multiple ways including phone, email and/or website*

Yes

Not Yet

Information is provided with pictures and/or visual representations*

Yes

Not Yet

Signs are clear, easy to read and use high contrast colours*

Yes

Not Yet

Pen and paper are available for customers to use to communicate with staff where necessary*

Yes

Not Yet

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Staff are aware of the rights of people with disability as per the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) and The Disability Inclusion Act (2014)*

Yes

Not Yet

Staff are aware of the rights of customers with guide and service dogs and assistance animals*

Yes

Not Yet

Tip: The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person, in many areas of public life, including employment, getting or using services, because of their disability. To find out more about The Act, visit legislation.gov.au Tip: Guide dogs and Assistance dogs are not pets. They are a trained support to facilitate the participation of people with disability in accessing various aspects of personal and public life.

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Accessibility

Accessibility modes

Epilepsy Safe Mode

Epilepsy Safe Mode

Dampens color and removes blinks

This mode enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.

Visually Impaired Mode

Visually Impaired Mode

Improves website's visuals

This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.

Cognitive Disability Mode

Cognitive Disability Mode

Helps to focus on specific content

This mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.

ADHD Friendly Mode

ADHD Friendly Mode

Reduces distractions and improve focus

This mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.

Blindness Mode

Blindness Mode

Allows using the site with your screen-reader

This mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.

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Readable Experience

Content Scaling

Default

Text Magnifier

Readable Font

Dyslexia Friendly

Highlight Titles

Highlight Links

Font Sizing

Default

Line Height

Default

Letter Spacing

Default

Left Aligned

Center Aligned

Right Aligned

Visually Pleasing Experience

Dark Contrast

Light Contrast

Monochrome

High Contrast

High Saturation

Low Saturation

Adjust Text Colors

Adjust Title Colors

Adjust Background Colors

Easy Orientation

Mute Sounds

Hide Images

Virtual Keyboard

Reading Guide

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Zero Barriers Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement

zerobarriers.net.au
26/09/2023

Compliance status

We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.

Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.

If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email

Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:

Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.

These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.

Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

Disability profiles supported in our website

Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments

Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.

Browser and assistive technology compatibility

We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.

Notes, comments, and feedback

Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to