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Stories by Access Easy English on Medium- A response to the first journal issue of research published in accessible format of Easy Read September 21, 2026https://lnkd.in/ghPagFHvCongratulations on the publication.And yet has anyone (editors, researchers and others) read the evidence on Easy Read & the 2 latest literature reviews on Easy Read? Both reviews are by speech pathologists.Seriously, who is the audience of Easy Read?May be a subset of adults with ID who are self advocates and get high levels of scaffolding […]
- Student literacy and its impact on tomorrow’s adult literacy skills September 10, 2026Yesterday the latest PISA literacy results for 14–15 year olds across the world were released. Its not great, and continues on a downward trajectory. These results should not be a surprise when you know a little about Australia’s NAPLAN results. More to come on PISA.First lets look at this years NAPLAN results and consider the impact […]
- Award for excellence September 2, 2026MEDIA RELEASEOur small Australian business is proud to announce we have once again been recognised for our outstanding work making written information accessible in Easy English for all Australians living with low literacy.Presented to Access Easy English, July 2026.Access Easy English has won an Enablement Award as The Most Outstanding Communicator in the NDIS Sector in […]
- Is that evidence or just what everyone does? June 8, 2026I have just read the blog from Professor Pamela Snow, published yesterday, ‘The dog ate my homework: Education’s evidence-excuses echo-chamber.’Print screen of Professor Pamela Snows blog for this article. 08062026.It resonated with me again and again for our work in the importance of applying evidence-based practice in the development of Easy English. It also asks […]