The New Zealand Down Syndrome Association underwent a full website redesign in 2023/2024.
For the past 7 years I have been employed by the NZDSA as a Social Media Officer, with the primary role of putting together and sending out E-Newsletters to the hundreds of members in the database.
It became apparent, from all avenues that the current design of the website at the time was not user-friendly, nor was it inviting.
The website is used by a variety of people, some of whom have Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities, meaning a user-friendly and visual website was a must!
After many zoom and some face-to-face meetings with the committee, NZDSA self-advocates (who have Down syndrome) and user feedback, we finalised a plan.
The focus of the website was to make it intuitive so people of all abilities would be able to use it. This meant adding in plenty of visuals such as photos, icons and colours to create an easy path to find what the user is after.
I thoroughly enjoyed working on this project! I was able to combine my passion for website design, graphic design and people with Down Syndrome to produce a website I am so very proud of.
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