What do you think? Survey Platform for Kids

Association for Children with Disability is an organisation that supports children with disability and their families across Victoria. Traditionally, surveys about children with disability are filled out by parents, but ACD wanted to make a survey that would empower children to have their say directly.

To help ACD achieve this goal, we designed and developed the ‘What Do You Think?’ platform.

Our graphic designers created the survey from scratch, coming up with a distinct visual style that is playful, friendly and easy to understand. The visual style incorporated accessibility from the start, with high colour contrast and a spacious design with big buttons that are easy to press.

Our web developers built the survey using accessible HTML, CSS and JavaScript. While building the site, we tested it across many screen sizes from mobile to desktop, to make sure the design was responsive.

The survey platform allows children to:

• pick a character, which then asks them questions about playgrounds
• listen to the question aloud or view an Auslan video of the question
• answer the question in multiple ways, by writing in a text response, recording audio of their voice, or uploading a photo. A child can answer the same question in multiple ways, giving them more freedom to express themselves.

When the child has submitted their answers, they are also given a ‘thank you’ certificate.

As a part of the project, the survey was tested with families from ACD’s target audience. We also completed accessibility testing with our former Inclusion Advisor and screen reader user David Saxberg. We made sure the user experience was accessible for people who use assistive technology.

At the time of launch, this website complied with the required Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards.

View the ‘What Do You Think?’ platform.