DBWA would like to announce the Deafblind Awareness Week will be in June 2023. DBWA are excited to have 2 workshops in March for people to make ceramic tiles that will be used for Deafblind Awareness week in June. When: Wednesday 1st March at 12.30pm to 3.30pm Wednesday 29th March at 12.30pm to 3.30pm Location:...
Sculptures by the Sea is back for 2023! When: Friday 3rd – Monday 20th March 2023 Where: Cottesloe Beach Cost: Free Check out our Facebook page and website to find out what events will be Auslan Interpreted and when the Tactile tours will be. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100062924694069 https://vipauslan.com.au/events/ To book a CommGuide to accompany you CLICK HERE
Sculptures by the Sea 2023 Media Launch Auslan interpreter event When: Friday 3 March 2023 Time:11am Where: Cottesloe Beach (No bookings required) To book a CommGuide to accompany you CLICK HERE
Lake Monger Recreation Club
144 Gregory Street, Wembley, WA
Join us & like minded creatives for a wonderful morning to afternoon. Highland Cow Painting - Big canvas - Small canvas - Picture frame - Wooden board Catch Up - Alcohol Ink - Christmas / Gnome painting (last year) Date: Saturday, 4 March 2023 Time: 10:30am – 3:00pm (Lunch break from 12pm to 12.30pm) Where: Lake Monger...
CANCELLED The Vital Deaf Community Catch up for March will be at the Zoo on Sunday 5th March from 10am to 3pm. We are hoping to book an Interpreter for the talks and walking tour and Event Marshal for this catch up. So if you are interested in funding either the Interpreter or Event Marshal...
Tactile Tours Experience and enjoy some of the ‘safe to touch’ sculptures through interactive and informative tours with trained guides. Weekday Tours 10.15am & 11.30am Tuesday 7 – Friday 17 March 2023 Evening tours 6pm Thursdays 9 & 16 March 2023 Weekend tours 10.15am & 11.30am Saturday 11 March 2023 Location: Meet your Access Tour...
BEACH ACCESS DAYS Special matting will be installed for visitors with limited mobility or using wheelchairs to access the sculpture exhibited on the beach. When: Tuesday 14, Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 March 2023 Visitor service assistants will be on site to meet and greet, direct and inform visitors from 9.30am-6.30pm. Additional St. John Ambulance...
Auslan Interpreter Tactile Tour Experience and enjoy some of the ‘safe to touch’ sculptures through interactive and informative tours with trained guides. When: Wednesday 15 March 2023 Time: 10.15am to 11:15am Location: Meet your Access Tour Guide (who will be wearing a blue Sculpture by the Sea t-shirt) at the ‘Tactile Tours Meeting Point’ sign...
Connect at DBWA Connect hub and meet others! When: Wednesday, 15 March Time: 12:30pm – 4:00pm Where: The Rise (Main Hall) 28 Eighth Avenue, Maylands What: Auslan class at 12.30pm TBC 1:30pm Auslan Interpreter will be onsite. Anyone is welcome, people who are – Deafblind, Blind, Deaf, Auslan students, friends, family, CommGuides, sighted guides, support workers etc. Questions...
Sculpture by the Sea 2023 Auslan Interpreted Event What: Exhibition closing ceremony and announcement of the EY Peoples’ Choice and Kids’ Choice awards When: Sunday 19 March 2023. Time: 2pm Where: Cottesloe Beach (No bookings required) To book a CommGuide to accompany you CLICK HERE
Harmony Week is the celebration that recognises our diversity and brings together Australians from all different backgrounds. Australia is one of the world's most successful multicultural countries and our cultural diversity is at the heart of who we are. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. To participate, you can wear...
Richmond Wellbeing
29 Manning Road, Cannington, WA
Are you interested in the NDIS for people who are deaf or have a hearing loss and have mental health concerns? Richmond Wellbeing's 'ACCESSING NDIS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES' course in Auslan can help! Key details: Date: 29th March 2023 Time: 9am – 2pm Venue: Training Room 1 – Richmond Wellbeing office, 29 Manning Road,...
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Accessibility Statement
vipauslan.com.au
25 May 2026
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
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