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Access Guide

  • General Access
  • Communication
  • Vision
  • Hearing
  • Physical - Wheelchair
  • Allergies and Intolerances

GENERAL ACCESS

 Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints and discussing feedback regarding accessibility issues/barriers.
 Employ people with disability
 Trained staff in disability awareness
 Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
 Have a place to store mobility and/or medical equipment (ask customer service teams onsite for support)
 Have measurements of key access points and features such as doorway widths, with Cérge Virtual Tour

COMMUNICATION

 Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
 A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility
 Trained staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges
 Provide clear, concise internal and external directional signage throughout your facility.
 Use communication boards to support communication

VISION

 Provide information in large print
 Have an appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog
 Have raised tactile buttons in our lifts
 Have handrails on all our stairways
 Have Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire)
 Have effective lighting throughout facility.
 Use easy read fonts in our signage and communication materials

HEARING

 Have a hearing loop
 Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss
 Have TVs with captioning option
 Have visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light)
 Have a low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics
 Hearing loop installed in classrooms

PHYSICAL - WHEELCHAIR

 Have step free outdoor pathways
 Have step free access to the conference or function room
 Have accessible seating areas in theatrette
 Have lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
 Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked
 Provide easy, step-free pathways (clear of obstructions) to indoor and outdoor areas
 Have a wheelchair accessible toilet
 Have a wheelchair accessible shower and change room
 Provide a low height counter suitable for a person using a wheelchair or a person of small stature
 Have wheelchair accessible transport options available for school transport
 Changing Places facility
 Accessible bathrooms are located throughout the school

ALLERGIES AND INTOLERANCES

 Modify our cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc)
 Trained staff to respond to allergic reactions
 Adhere to The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation
 Have equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epipens and defibrillator