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.
We have used plain language wherever we could. The Hemingway Editor was used to verify the content is year 8 reading level or lower.
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.
Forms and other documents are currently not compliant with the accessibility guidelines. Please contact the court is you are having any problems with the website.
Webpage Zoom
Here are some ways to resize the text on this site:
- Using the zoom and increase font options from your browser's menu.
- Press the Ctrl key (Microsoft Windows) or the Apple key (Mac OS) on your keyboard and use the + or - key to zoom in and out.
- Press Ctrl on your keyboard and scroll with your mouse wheel.
Document
Where possible, PDF documents are also available in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
All documents will open in the same browser window.
Viewing Documents
If you do not have the software to view documents, the following free downloads are available.
PDF Documents
Microsoft Word Documents
OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Window.
Useability
Another function available on this site 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. 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 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: 2 August 2024