Flourish Health & Wellbeing Magazine - Dec23 - Flipbook - Page 75
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Creating an Accessibility
Action Plan (AAP)
Increasing the number
of accessible spaces
An Accessibility Ac琀椀on Plan (AAP) (also known
as a Disability Ac琀椀on Plan) is a set of processes
and procedures designed to inform sta昀昀 about
how to implement accessible prac琀椀ces. Doing
so o昀琀en makes for a more inclusive workplace
and makes the company more a琀琀rac琀椀ve to
employees. The AAP should include policies
such as:
There are some arrangements you can organise
immediately to make your organisa琀椀on more
accessible and at li琀琀le cost, such as:
+ Ensuring all loca琀椀ons and facili琀椀es are
wheelchair accessible.
+ Providing disability awareness seminars
for your employees.
+ Providing di昀昀erent informa琀椀on or
promo琀椀onal resources to cater to those
with vision or hearing impairments.
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Actively employing people
with disabilities
Employing people with disability is not only
a great way to 昀椀nd valuable new sta昀昀, but it
also enhances corporate reputa琀椀on, economic
growth and prevents 昀椀nancial discrimina琀椀on.
It is helpful to include certain elements in job
descrip琀椀ons that relate to this policy, including:
+ Adver琀椀sing roles through Disability
Employment Services like h琀琀ps://breakthru.
org.au/disability-employment-services/
+ Adding statements such as: “We are an
equal opportuni琀椀es employer who will
provide reasonable adjustments for
people with neurodiversity and people
with disability”.
+ Ensuring the job adver琀椀sement includes
speci昀椀c measures the organisa琀椀on can
put in place if the successful applicant
is disabled.
+ Ensuring you keep walkways clear and
clean, free from hazards.
+ Providing accessible print materials
(consider braille, text-to-speech,
easy-to-read fonts, and photos).
+ Having an overview of o昀케ce supplies
and furniture to see if they are accessible
to those with mobility challenges.
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Holding events
Crea琀椀ng events on landmark days like
Interna琀椀onal Day of People with Disability
increases awareness and promotes inclusivity.
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Make websites more accessible
Some people with disability may require
assis琀椀ve technologies to properly access
informa琀椀on online. Ensuring your company
website provides customers who are disabled
the ability to navigate through the pla琀昀orm and
access to your services promotes inclusivity.
For example, WordPress (WP) Accessibility is
a mul琀椀-func琀椀on plug-in that solves common
accessibility issues, using Alt Text and Tags can
help those who use screen readers to access
websites, and sub琀椀tles and transcripts can
enable more people to watch your videos.