Wayfinding standard open for comment AS 1428.4.2
Hi All,
See below the details of the new Wayfinding Australian Standard AS 1428 Part
4.2 which is open for public comment until 2nd August 2017.
The Standards Australia Technical Committee (ME-064-02) will be meeting in
August to work through the Public Comments.
Comments can be submitted by email to Wayfinding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you require assistance, please contact Standards Australia on 1800 035 822.
Accessible Wayfinding is very important to people who are blind or vision
impaired as it assists us to get to our destination and lets us know where we
are in that journey.
Bye for now Erika Webb
Thursday 13 July 2017
erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
erika.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
041 991 8264
Wayfinding standard open for comment
http://universaldesignaustralia.net.au/2017/07/wayfinding-standard-open-for-comment/
Standards Australia are inviting comment on the latest draft of the new
Wayfinding Standard.
Standard Name:
AS 1428.4.2
Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment
Access for People with Disabilities
http://universaldesignaustralia.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/AS-1428_4_2_-wayfinding-PCD.pdf
The closing date for comment is 2 August 2017. You will need to go to the
Standards Australia website hub to register comments which need to be specific
suggested changes to any of the clauses.
Standards Australia Hub:
https://sapc.standards.org.au/sapc/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action
The Standard is focused on signage for people who are blind or have low vision.
In the Foreword of the document it states:
Wayfinding is of particular importance to people who are blind, deafblind or
have low vision as they cannot utilize many of the visual cues available to
people who are sighted.
The ease and accuracy with which a person who is blind, deafblind or who has
low vision can find their way through a specific environment is dependent upon
many factors including the complexity of the physical environment and the
number of wayfinding decisions required to reach their destination. Wayfinding
systems serve various purposes, such as enabling users to—
(a) identify a building or place and the range of facilities and points of
interest present within a place or building;
(b) understand the physical relationship between these points; and
(c) determine an appropriate path of travel to reach a required destination or
point of interest for their individual needs.
A developed wayfinding system for a building or place can enable continuous
pathways that are legible to people with disabilities and should provide
information for users to—
(i) confirm they are at the correct start or finish point of an individual
journey;
(ii) identify their location within a building or an external space;
(iii) reinforce they are travelling in the right direction;
(iv) orient themselves within a building or an external space;
(v) understand the location and any potential hazards;
(vi) identify their destination on arrival; and
(vii) escape safely in an emergency.
Close dates for comments - 2nd August 2017.
Comments can be submitted by email to Wayfinding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you require assistance, please contact Standards Australia on 1800 035 822.
You can find other posts on wayfinding by using the search facility on the home
page for the Centre of Universal Design Australia.
http://universaldesignaustralia.net.au/
