Accessibility
The Children's Court understands the importance of having an accessible website. Our goal is to provide information to as many people as possible. Please contact the court if you are having any problems.
Accessibility Accreditation
The Centre for Accessibility Australia completed an audit of this website on 1 August 2024. The audit was of a sample selection of 10 pages. These pages contain all elements used throughout the website. The audit process was based on the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology.
All elements of the tested pages are certified to conform with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 Level AA standard. The accessibility guidelines are developed by the World Wide Web Consortium also known as W3C.
The Centre for Accessibility website has more information on Understanding Accessibility.
Plain Language
We have used plain language wherever we could. The Hemingway Editor was used to check that the content is at a year 8 reading level or lower.
Documents
Where possible, PDF documents are also available in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx). All documents will open in the same browser window.
From November 2024 documents will also be more accessible. Any new or updated PDF document will be tested for PDF/UA compliance using GrackleGO and a report created to show the accessibility rating.
PDF/UA stands for Portable Document Format Universal Accessibility. It is a global standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Viewing Documents
If you do not have the software to view documents, the following free downloads are available.
OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Window.
ReadSpeaker
Another function available on this website to improve useability is ReadSpeaker. This is a free service and does not need anything extra to use.
A "Listen" button is on the top of every page.
Clicking on the button will load a toolbar and you will then hear the page read out. The tool bar lets you stop or pause the reading. During the reading, you can follow the highlighted words on the web page.
Next to documents is also a "Listen" icon. Select the icon to listen to the document and follow the highlighted words as they are being read to you.
You can hear the whole document or select certain parts.
Last updated: 13 December 2024