Barriers cluster heavily around visual-only communication and inaccessible document formats — both of which are avoidable with advance planning rather than individual adaptation after the fact. 

Setting 

What it looks like 

Lectures 

Visual-only referencing — 'as you can see here' — without any accompanying verbal description. 

Materials 

Scanned, image-only PDFs that a screen reader cannot process at all. 

Slides / diagrams 

Undescribed diagrams, charts, or images that carry information conveyed nowhere else. 

Digital platforms 

Inaccessible course pages, forms, or unlabelled images online. 

Assessment 

Exam papers distributed as locked or image-only formats. 

Physical navigation 

Unfamiliar or changing room layouts without notice. 

 

 

 

 

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