What is Round Table?
Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities facilitates and influences the production and use of quality alternative formats for people with print disabilities by optimising the evolving Round Table body of knowledge.
Round Table has a broad membership of education, government, business, alternate format producers, community and disability organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand with the following mission:
“To facilitate and influence the production and use of quality alternative formats for people with print disabilities by optimising the evolving Round Table body of knowledge.”
Find out about the advantages of Round Table membership.
2025 Round Table Conference
We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne.
Conference Theme:
Access Unlocked: Innovating for Information Equity
Dates and Venue:
Saturday, 24 May to Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Stamford Plaza Melbourne Hotel, 111 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 3000
Program
On behalf of the Round Table Executive and Program Planning Committee, we are thrilled to share with you the program for the 2025 Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Inc. Annual Conference. We look forward to seeing you all in Melbourne.
2025 Conference Program (58 KB))
(current as at 6 May 2025)
We encourage you to share this information with colleagues, friends, and other interested parties.
Sponsors
It gives us great pleasure to announce Round Table’s 2025 Conference sponsors
Platinum
Blind Low Vision NZ
Blind Low Vision NZ provide emotional and practical support so that people who are blind, deafblind or have low vision can continue to live independently and thrive in their daily lives. Whether it is in someone’s home or at one of our local offices, we work alongside each individual to support their goals.
We also advocate for accessible and inclusive communities. Everyone deserves equal access to public spaces, information and employment opportunities. Through education, advocacy and the removal of barriers, we strive to make this a reality.
Our platinum sponsorship reflects our deep commitment to accessibility and inclusion. We are honored to support this important conference and stand alongside others working to improve information access for people with print disabilities.
Website: https://blindlowvision.org.nz
Bronze
Disability Media Australia via their Powerd.media initiative!
Disability Media Australia joined Round Table as a member organisation earlier this year. Powerd Media is a disability-led media platform, featuring original journalism, podcasts, videos, and articles that amplify the voices of people with disability. Through storytelling, reporting, and training, Powerd ensures people with disability are not just represented in the media—they are shaping it. As a proud sponsor of the 2025 Round Table Conference, Powerd supports inclusive, accessible information for all.
Website: https://www.powerd.media/about-powerd
EverAbility Group
EverAbility Group provides diverse therapy services across the ages, vision specialists, Guide and Assistance Dogs, Early Childhood Intervention. Their professional therapy and support services are available to clients at any stage of life, in homes, at school, at work and in the community. Their personalised support has been changing lives for over 100 years.
VisAbility, one of EverAbility’s key brands, operates as a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping people with low or no vision across Western Australia and Tasmania do the things they love and live the life they want. VisAbility is at the forefront of accessibility, providing workplace training for employees consulting on physical and digital best practices for inclusion. Through their wide range of services and collaborations with sister brands like Guide Dogs WA and Kites Children’s Therapy, VisAbility is recognised as a leading advocate for inclusivity and empowerment in the low vision community.
To learn more, visit: https://www.everabilitygroup.org.au/
Round Table Objectives
The Round Table has set its objectives:
- Fostering a spirit of cooperation and resource sharing among members
- Setting standards and improving the range and accessibility of materials produced
- Providing for consultation and/or action on matters of common concern
- Representing the collective views of members to appropriate bodies
- Fostering consumer consultation
Round Table’s strength is the diversity of knowledge and experience in the production and use of alternate format materials embodied by its members. This in-depth experience is drawn on by the Round Table to prepare its standards and guidelines on the production of alternate formats, as well as to represent perspectives on the accessibility of material.
Round Table Constitution and Strategic Plan
Round Table Advocacy Policy
Noticeboard
The noticeboard contains:
- Round Table newsletters
- ICEVI publications
- Information and news, often supplied from other organisations.
While Round Table strives to make the information on the noticeboard as relevant, timely and accurate as possible the inclusion of information on this page does not constitute endorsement by Round Table.
Free guidelines
Round Table Guidelines on alternative format standards can be downloaded free of charge. The most recent publications are:
- Guidelines for Producing Accessible E-text (2024)
- Sound Advice Guidelines (2024)
- Guidelines for Producing Accessible 3D Prints (2024)
- Guidelines for Producing Accessible Graphics (2022)
What is a print disability?
People with a print disability are those who cannot obtain access to information in a print format because they:
- Are blind or vision impaired.
- Have physical disabilities which limit their ability to hold or manipulate information in a printed form.
- Have perceptual or other disabilities which limit their ability to follow a line of print or which affect their concentration.
New links from the Resources Page
Refer to our Resources page and Useful Links for more references relevant to print disability.
Website feedback
Round Table is now using new software to create on-line forms and would welcome feedback from users. If you have difficulties completing any Round Table form or have any suggestions for improvements please contact us.
Last updated: May 6, 2025 at 17:37 pm