Access and Inclusion Awareness Committee Presents: Tip of the Week

February 4, 2025

Access & Inclusion Tips of the Week
Every Tuesday, we drop a little wisdom on how to make the world more accessible for everyone. Whether you’re a newbie or an accessibility aficionado, our Access and Inclusion Awareness Committee has you covered with tips, tricks, and the occasional nudge to get your wheels turning. Because accessibility isn’t just a box to check—it’s a mindset, a culture, and, let's face it, the right thing to do. Tune in every Tuesday and let’s make inclusion the new normal. Don’t worry—we promise no boring jargon. Just practical, punchy, and (dare we say?) fun advice!

Did you know?
Provide Texts with multimedia.

As with images, video and audio can be engaging but also inaccessible without a text equivalent for people who are deaf-blind, having sensory processing disorders, or have hearing impairments. Having media content written out as text is vital for inclusiveness. Text equivalents can include transcript that type out spoken dialogue, or an article that accompanies a video (as in a video that supplements a news article).
Key Point: where there's media, make sure there's also text.

Who it helps: People who are hearing impaired, people with sensory processing disorders, people who are deaf-blind.

You can find all of the tips on the Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee webpage.

Provide text with multimedia: As with images, video and audio can be engaging but also inaccessible without a text equivalent for people who are deaf-blind, having sensory processing disorders, or have hearing impairments. Having media content written out as text is vital for inclusiveness. Text equivalents can include transcripts that type out spoken dialogue, or an article that accompanies a video (as in a video that supplements a news article). Key Point: Where there's media, make sure there's also text. Who it helps: People who are hearing impaired, people with sensory processing disorders, people who are deaf-blind.