How do we support accessibility in learning?
What is accessibility?
Our population is beautifully diverse with each individual possessing their own unique blend of traits, strengths and abilities.
Sight, hearing, neurodiversity, learning abilities, cognitive abilities and more – these traits vary across the population. The goal of accessibility is to accommodate this variation so as to best ensure inclusivity.
How do we implement accessibility?
It starts with considering the needs of your audience and from there, determining the best creative and technical solutions we have at our disposal to meet them.
Here are some examples of the ways in which accessibility can be implemented:
Adding subtitles to videos e.g. to accommodate varied hearing abilities
Ensuring the use of high contrast colours e.g. to ensure text is readable for those with dyslexia
Not relying solely on colour to convey meaning e.g. to support those with varied visual abilities
Utilising good sound design
Ensuring speech in videos and audio is clearly audible
Using plain English
Ensuring content is well structured and digestible
Ensuring use of readable fonts and font sizes
Using motion animation to add text, cues and flourishes that enhance messaging (without overloading cognitive channels)
Considered use of different types of media
Why is accessibility important to us?
Accessibility is important to us because it enables as wide an audience as possible to benefit from and participate in learning. This aligns with Creative Listening’s mission to help elevate education, cultivate curiosity and inspire change in order to make the world a kinder, fairer place for all.
Got questions? Let’s talk. We’re great listeners.
Drop us a line at hello@creativelistening.co.uk.