Access Easy English

I get it !

Everyday words

Clear images

Consumer input

Universal design

Did you know?

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. 
Read more: ABS Data 2013 #4228OECD PIAAC Data 2013, 2016

 

Translating documents into Easy English

In 2021, Cathy was invited on to the                                      Speak Up: Speech Pathology Australia Podcast.
She discusses the significant differences between               
Easy English and Easy Read, and the importance of this to the work of speech pathologists.  Host Anneke Flinn.                  Also available at:  Apple PodcastsSpotify

 

Speech PAtholgoy panel. Says Translating documents into Easy English. A conversation with Access Easy English's Cathy Basterfield

ASID QLD: What’s working well, what’s not, and what’s next in the lives of people with intellectual disability

23 September, 2024, Brisbane, Queensland.

Come along, to our 10:30 am session ‘Is that working? Easy English compared with Easy Read.’  

Virtual Disability Confernece 2024: New Frontiers

25 September, 2024, Virtual. 

Come along, to our lunchtime session in the networking room. ‘Read Easy English: Our journey to design an accessible website‘ 

 

Read our recent blogpost

City of Adelaide Disability Access and Inclusion Plan

Awards

zero project shortlist 2023

covid safe award

[sp_wpcarousel id=”4188″]