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Basterfield, C. February 2019
Everyday words. What does it mean for Accessible Written Documents
Fact!
44% of Australian adults (15-65 years old) do not have the literacy skills to read a range of day to day reading tasks.
This equates to 7.3 million adult Australians in 2013.
(Report No. 4228.0). 2013 www.abs.gov.au.
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Current Resources
Some current publications from Access Easy English
Federal Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Reform of the Accessibility Standards for Public Transport for 2021
Public transport for people with disability. Ideas for Change
This website is for parents who are dealing with child protection services.
It has been made by and for parents who have learning disabilities.
It is easy to read and use.
Victorian Electoral Commission 2019 – 2023 Disability Access and Inclusion Plan
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Tuesday 13 April and Thursday 15 April 2021.
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More information on Easy English training
More information about Communication and Interaction workshops for people with little or no speech.
Women with Disability Australia
27 fact sheets in Easy English built into their new website https://ourplace.wwda.org.au. Staff attended 2 day Easy English training. They were supported to further develop their Easy English content for their website.
See all the Easy English fact sheets here https://ourplace.wwda.org.au/translations
There are Easy to Read webpages. Look for the Easy English fact sheets throughout their website too.
So much great information.
3 fact sheets on Child Protection http://bit.ly/38qCbIU
4 fact sheets on Human Rights http://bit.ly/38v4zJR includes a fact sheet explaining the UNCRPD and UNCEDAW
Many facts sheets on
- Safer Sex and Rights about Sex
- Work Rights
- Health Rights
Scroll down further at this link https://ourplace.wwda.org.au/translations
Find 5 key Fact sheets in Easy English
- translated into 10 community languages
- 1 Aboriginal language
- vidoes
- Auslan.
More Facts!
Federal Government Preferred Provider Status
We have Federal Government Preferred Provider Status for
development of documents into Easy English
Easy English training.
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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.
Submission 116 Senate Report Chap 6 Conclusion; Recommendation 9 Government Response
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
Email cathy@accesseasyenglish.com.au to request a copy.
2020 Conference Presentations
Universal Design Conference May, 2020. Melbourne, Australia
Basterfield, C. Easy English: A critical addition to Universal Design for Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday.
Conference cancelled. New dates Oct 2020
Speech Pathology Australia May, 2020. Darwin, Australia Conference cancelled
Basterfield, C. Functional literacy and legal literacy: Access for all. (Paper)
Basterfield, C. Collaborative international partnerships. Easy English and Easy Read: What do we know? (Poster)
Klaara Easy to Read Conference August/September 2020. Switzerland.
Basterfield,C. Images
Basterfield, C. What's in a name? Persecptioves on Easy English and Easy Read.
Cancelled til Augsut 30/31 2021.