Resources for community radio to better include people with a disability, because everyone can do community radio!
The National Disability Co-ordination Officer program and ADCET offers free online training for workers and volunteers for “awareness of disability and the impact that societal attitudes and inherent stigma and discrimination have on the lives of people with disability” called Introduction to Disability Awareness. The course is FREE!
Continue reading “Train your volunteers to be “disability aware””
Organising an event? What do you need to know about making an event that welcomes everybody?
The Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance (ADIA) offer a checklist to help you be sure you’ve covered all the bases regarding accessible infrastructure, language, catering and tech. Continue reading “Checklist for accessible events”
People with disabilities, mental health issues and organisations are invited to write a submission to the National Arts and Disability Strategy, deadline is December 3. https://www.arts.gov.au/have-your-say/national-arts-and-disability-strategy
You can fill in a survey, or make a formal submission. Continue reading “EVENT: National Arts and Disability Strategy consultation d/l Dec 3”
As I am fond of saying, “you don’t know what you don’t know”. Thankfully when it comes to accessibility of our station buildings, documents and communications, others have done the work for us with these easy to use checklists: Continue reading “Is your station accessible? Some excellent checklists to find out”
CBAA press release: Radio 4EB, Brisbane’s Katharina Loesche has taken home the 2018 CBAA Community Radio Award in the National Features and Documentary Seriescategory for her radio documentary ‘The Runners’ Guide’.
In ‘The Runners’ Guide’, Katharina followed a running group of vision-impaired joggers, finding solutions to get exercise in the Brisbane area. Continue reading “MEDIA RELEASE: Radio 4EB’s Katharina Loesche wins the CBAA National Features and Documentary Series 2018 with doco about Achilles Brisbane”
Find out what you can do to make your station more accessible, and engage a largely untapped font of new and enthusiastic volunteers!
Sat November 10, 2018 at the 2018 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Conference, Gold Coast Convention Centre. Continue reading “EVENT: Fostering your station’s accessibility @ #CBAAconf2018”
If you want to create accessible documents, websites or digital newsletters for your community radio station, you might benefit from checking out these online courses. Accessibility means making sure your content is available to as many people as possible, increasing audience, participation and social justice. Become an #A11y today! Continue reading “Teaching yourself accessibility”
