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Basterfield, C. February 2019

Everyday words What does it mean for Accessible Written Documents

Victorian Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee.

Early childhood engagement of CALD communities.

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An important study.  About immigrant families with young children.

Submissions close 11 October 2019.

Victorian Government Royal Commission into         Mental Health Systems

How to make a Submission Submissions close 5 July 2019
Consultation Report
About the Royal Commission (Letters Patent)
Terms of Reference

Women with Disabilities Victoria

Safeguards Project

City of Perth

WinterFest Program. July 2019

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• Benalla Rural City Council – Access and Inclusion Plan
• Inclusion Melbourne – I can vote 2018.
• Northern Territory. Office of Disability
• People with Disability Australia
• Victorian Electoral Commission.

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Senate Appearance

Cathy was invited to appear at the Australian Government Senate  Community Affairs References committee CentreLink public hearing on Thursday 27 April 2017. This followed her submission to the Senate enquiry, earlier in the month.

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Journal Publications from Access Easy English

Basterfield (2019) Plain Language, Easy English. What does it all mean? Intellectual Disability Australasia Issue 40, June pp 15-18

Basterfield (2018) Access to written information: a social equity, social justice issue. Clarity. 78 pp 18 – 22

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2019 Conference Presentations

IAFL  Conference (International Association of Forensic Linguistics) July, 2019 Melbourne , Australia

Basterfield, C. Access to Written Information: Language and the Legal Process

IASSIDD Conference (International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.) August, 2019 Glasgow, Scotland

Basterfield, C. What’s in a name? Easy English or Easy Read: Does it matter?

Basterfield, C. Legal Literacy. What do we know?

PLAIN Conference (Plain Language Association International) September, Oslo, Norway

Basterfield, C. Images Everywhere: What Do I Use?

ASID Conference (Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability)

Basterfield, C.  The international perspective on Easy English and Easy Read: The journey forward.