{"id":15234,"date":"2024-03-22T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T05:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthritisaustralia.com.au\/?page_id=15234"},"modified":"2024-11-01T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T04:13:57","slug":"how-to-make-your-voice-heard-on-accessible-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/accessible-design-division\/accessible-product-design-alliance\/how-to-make-your-voice-heard-on-accessible-design\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your voice heard on accessible design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have developed an advocacy kit to help you raise accessible design issues with government and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/APDA-2-Pager.pdf\">two-page summary<\/a> sets out key actions to improve accessibility, and you can use our template letters to write to your <a href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Letter-to-your-local-Member-of-Parliament.docx\">local Member of Parliament (MP) <\/a>or directly to a <a href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Industry-Template-Letter.docx\">company that sells a product<\/a> that you have had difficulty with.<\/p>\n<p>Your local MP and their staff can help you raise issues and get a response from the Government. You can find out who your <a href=\"https:\/\/education.parliament.nsw.gov.au\/who-is-my-local-member-of-parliament\/\">local MP<\/a> is by going to your state or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/senators_and_members\/guidelines_for_contacting_senators_and_members\">federal parliament website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear from you if you use these templates to raise issues and get a response \u2013 please contact us on <a href=\"mailto:design@arthritisaustralia.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design@arthritisaustralia.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/APDA-2-Pager-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icon-ico_doc-min\"><\/i><strong>The issue \u2013 summary brochure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Industry-Template-Letter.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icon-ico_doc-min\"><\/i><strong>Industry Template Letter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Letter-to-your-local-Member-of-Parliament.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icon-ico_doc-min\"><\/i><strong>Letter to your local Member of Parliament Template<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arthritisaus.good.do\/Inaccessibleproduct\/campaign\/\"><strong>Use our DoGooder tool to email MPs directly\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have developed an advocacy kit to help you raise accessible design issues with government and industry. 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