Accessible features and services are available to all our patrons. Please see the information provided here to make your visit more accessible.
Depending on the browser you use, your page format can be altered to increase the ease of online viewing. Viewing Options:
Internet Explorer
By selecting Tools, Internet Options, then the General Tab, an Accessibility icon should become available. This icon will allow you to adjust the format of your page. The general tab will also allow you to adjust colours and font styles. To change font size, select View, Text Size, followed by your preference. Vision Australia provides a Web Accessibility Toolbar EN 1.2 for Internet Explorer users. This will install advanced formatting features for accessible use of your browser.
Firefox
Select Tools, Options, Advanced, and then the General Tab to view Accessibility adjustment features. You may also select View, Page Style, and then No Style to view your page without background images. The View tab also allows you to Zoom In or Zoom Out on a page. The Firefox Accessibility Extension 1.4.5.0 can be installed from Mozilla Firefox Add-ons. This will enable an accessibility tool bar on your browser for advanced formatting.
Page Navigation:
• A direct link tool bar at the top of the page allows users to navigate efficiently around the site. By scrolling over the menu options a list of quick links to sub pages will appear.
• An online sitemap, located at the bottom of the page, is also a basic quick link navigation tool for text-based viewers.
• The ACO endeavours to make all links text-based, in this format links are friendly for users viewing the page with or without style settings.
• Font style and size currently fit basic requirements, however if you require a larger text size see the above formatting features.
• Brochure downloads are available in PDF.
Online or hard copy material can be printed in an adjusted format upon request. Please contact us on 02 8274 3800 if;
• You require online material printed in hard copy; or
• ACO material (including the brochure and concert programs) printed in a larger font.
All our venues are access friendly. You will find some information on our venues pages. Please contact the venue directly for more information.
Adelaide Town Hall
08 8203 7203
Brisbane QPAC Concert Hall
07 3840 7444
Canberra - Llewellyn Hall
02 6125 2527
Arts Centre Melbourne
03 9281 8000
Melbourne Recital Centre
03 9699 2228
Melbourne Town Hall
03 9269 7510
Newcastle City Hall
02 4974 2996
Perth Concert Hall
08 9231 9900
Sydney - City Recital Hall Angel Place
02 8256 2222
Sydney Opera House
02 9250 7111
Sydney Theatre
02 9250 1999
Wollongong Town Hall
02 4227 5088
If you require an accessible seat for a performance please contact the ACO Box Office on 1800 444 444, boxoffice@aco.com.au
The ACO hosts an annual private rehearsal for children with special needs. After the rehearsal, the students are invited to meet the players. This program is run in conjunction with International Day for People with a Disability
December date to be advised.
Venue: ACO Studio, Opera Quays, 2 East Circular Quay – Sydney
For more information and to register, please contact Vicki Stanley (Education Manager) on 02 8274 3876.
w3.org/WAI
aarts.net.au
accessify.com
cita.disability.uiuc.edu/software/mozilla
visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=614
