Access to Justice for Children

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Accessibility

‘Accessibility’ is a term that is commonly used in everyday speech – eg the term ‘accessible toilets’. It is often associated with a physical environment that can be accessed by people with physical disabilities. However, it reaches beyond the physical environment and also applies to other areas of life. For instance, it applies to equipment and ICT, to written materials (which will not be accessible to blind people if they are in print or to people with intellectual disabilities if they are written in complex language) and to communications (which will eg not be accessible to deaf people if they are in spoken format).