Web Design in Canberra
Accessible web design for Canberra organisations
Government buyers in Canberra expect accessibility, and the people using your site include people with disabilities, older readers and people on assistive technology. Accessibility retrofitted at the end is expensive and rarely complete. Designed in from the start, it's mostly good design.
We design and build to WCAG 2.2 AA: proper contrast, keyboard navigation, readable forms, meaningful headings and screen-reader-friendly structure, checked with tools and by hand.
Accessibility from the first sketch
Colour palettes are checked for contrast before they're approved. Layouts work at 200% zoom. Every interactive element can be used with a keyboard and has a visible focus state. Forms have labels, helpful errors and no time limits.
Plain language is part of it
Clear, plain language is one of the most effective accessibility improvements, and one of the most neglected. We help rewrite key pages so they can be understood quickly by anyone.
Sound familiar?
The problems we hear most often about this, why they happen and what we would do first.
Why this happens
Problems are built into templates and repeated on every page.
What we would do first
- Group issues by template and component
- Fix templates first for the widest effect
- Re-test and document conformance
Why this happens
Reports and forms were published as PDFs that are hard to read on phones and with screen readers.
What we would do first
- Identify the most-used PDFs
- Publish them as accessible web pages
- Keep a PDF version for printing only
A one-minute self-check
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Work we've published that's closest to this
Frequently asked questions
- Can you audit our existing site?
- Yes. We test against WCAG 2.2 AA with automated tools and manual checks, and give you a prioritised list of fixes.
- Will an accessible site look plain?
- No. Accessibility constrains things like contrast and focus states, but leaves plenty of room for a distinctive design.
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