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Buyer beware

You’ve been told you need to communicate with people with different literacy skills.

9 min read1 day ago

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3 egs of Easy English by Access Easy English. Top row is front page, 2nd row a page from each document. Front page of each lines of text in everyday words with large image in centre. L. Note book with 3 images inside; sign, braille, Easy English. Centre — PWD in front of house. R. image of look with Covid19 image. Bottom row. All have maximum of 4 images. Only a few words or a sentence per image. Lots of white space around each image with its text.

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Digital literacy for people with low literacy

Literacy is your ability to read, understand and use the written information in a meaningful way.

5 min readDec 14, 2023

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2 images. Left image. 2 men sitting on chairs. 1 man is holding a paper. The 2nd man is pointing to something on the paper and talking to the 1st man about it. Right image. A woman holding a walking stick, looking at a desktop computer. She has a large mouse pad. A 2nd woman is supporting her. Images from ChangePeople.org.uk

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Inclusive research and surveys

A new article on 27 November 2023 from the Centre for Universal Design Australia (CUDA) discusses the importance of including people with…

5 min readDec 5, 2023

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2 images. Image on left. Graphs and data sets on a table. 2 sets of hands on the papers. I person is holding a pencil. Image 2. A man looking at his phone.

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Jargon? Electricity bills unreadable for many Australians.

A news article from the ABC from July this year raises an important issue for people with print disabilities. ‘Electricity bills unreadable…

4 min readOct 30, 2023

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Jargon? Electricity bills unreadable for many Australians.

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Drop the Jargon

Last week there was a great story in The Conversation about the impact of using jargon and not knowing what many words really mean.

2 min readOct 23, 2023

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Words being poured into the bin. The words are Drop the Jargon.

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Do you know what that word means?

This coming Tuesday, 24 October, 2023 is ‘Drop the Jargon Day.’

3 min readOct 22, 2023

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2 long complex lists of words for each letter of the alphabet. eg: A — ascertainable; E- empowered. Q — quintessential, J — jingoistic. Find the most complex words for your first and last names.

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A comment from The Conversation

A new article from The Conversation is a worthwhile read as it raises the need to better advocate for inclusion for people with…

3 min readOct 8, 2023

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Left image. Copy of post from Twitter from the article in The Conversation. 2 women talking to each other. Right image 4 corners screen shot from Spetepmber 2023. Showing middle age white woman. She is the NDIS Quality and Safety Commissioner.

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The intersection of digital literacy with financial literacy

Paying bills, banking, insurance, managing your household utilities, even buying groceries — so many things we used to do in person with…

4 min readOct 6, 2023

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The intersection of digital literacy with financial literacy

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Reflections on the Emergency Management Conference (EMC)

What do Easy English content writers and emergency workers have in common?

4 min readAug 18, 2023

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2 women standing behind a table smiling in an exhibition booth. On the table are example Easy English resources.

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Adolescent literacy

See how Australian high school students are achieving is a PISA cake — but the results are concerning.

3 min readAug 11, 2023

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Left: 4 girls on a park bench looking at their mobile phones. Are they reading or looking at photos and videos? Right: A girl sitting on a couch with a novel open on her lap.

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