Best Access Initiative 2009
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Winner 2009 The Deaf Society of New South Wales (DSNSW) |
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The Deaf Society of New South Wales (DSNSW) is a non‐profit organisation delivering services to Deaf people who use Auslan (Australian Sign Language) as their first or preferred language and hard-of-hearing people. DSNSW’s two major goals are to educate and support Deaf community members to enable access to services, and to educate the wider community about deafness and the needs of Deaf people.
Through their website: www.deafsocietynsw.org.au, DSNSW provides information that is visually accessible utilising Auslan and English content, visual representation and an intuitive user‐friendly layout. The website is edited by a literacy specialist to ensure content is clear and simple benefiting both Deaf users and those from non‐English speaking backgrounds. The website has been constructed considering the accessibility needs of people with vision impairment using an initiative of Vision Australia to select colours on each page.
DSNSW and their website provide core services in client and community support, community development, Auslan/English interpreting, education and training, employment and workplace support, outreach to regional NSW, advocacy and distribution of information.