Accessibility Statement of Diversity Practitioners Association

Last updated: 30 July 2025

Commitment to Web Content Accessibility

Diversity Practitioners Association is committed to education, engagement and progressing diversity, equity and inclusion in Australian workplaces, and achieving a high standard of website usability and accessibility to model DEI in Australia.

Making web content more usable and accessible for everyone is the purpose of following current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Web Content Accessibility Standards

Website content posted since May 2025 meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Levels A and AA where possible.

Older content meets earlier versions of WCAG, and are being improved to comply with WCAG 2.2 Levels A and AA where possible.

Overall, we are working to improve and comply with the benchmark of WCAG 2.2 Level AA where possible.

Limitations of Accessing Our Website

Diversity Practitioners Association are aware of limitations of this website platform of Squarespace. We also recognise aspects of our content is currently not as accessible as it could be.

Diversity Practitioners Association and are working towards improvements to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA regarding:

  • Visual design - background images for sections that are used only for visual formatting do not have alternative text provided. Squarespace is meant to apply a null tag automatically to these, however in using alt text inspectors, these backgrounds appear as lacking alt text and title descriptions

  • Assets – adding and updating new images and accessible documents to replace old inaccessible assets, including transcriptions for video content

  • Semantic HTML - multiple H1 header tags on blog and event pages that can appear as disorganised content to screen readers. These are set by Squarespace’s blog and event templates, and do not affect content reading from search engines and screenreading technology, however in using tag inspectors, the overuse of H1 tags will appear as an issue

  • User testing – comprehensive feedback and user experience with assistive technologies users is to be conducted for further accessibility auditing

Web Content Accessibility Assistance

Diversity Practitioners Association website is the work of our volunteer association management committee and independent contractors that our not-for-profit organisation engages. This means there are multiple authors and editors working with our site and digital environment.

Because of this, and the above limitations outlined for accessing our website, there may be further possibility that accessibility issues may be encountered.

If you experience any issues, further limitations, or need to request a different, accessible version of our website content, please contact us using our contact form, or email us at dpa@diversitypractitionersassociation.com.