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Our blog showcases recent projects with helpful tips about Easy Read and Communication Access for disability inclusion.


Write Better Sentences: Unlocking Clarity by Turning Hidden Verbs into Action
Tips for writing ‘easy’ sentences. Follow our LinkedIn page to view the full carousel. Links at the end of this post. At Embrace Access,...

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Making Grants Accessible: Embrace Access and Georges River Council Lead the Way with Easy Read
Georges River Council NSW prepared Easy Read documents with Embrace Access to help more people apply for grant opportunities. In a...

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How to choose inclusive and accessible images for written communications
Images improve your written communications. For sighted people, over 90% of what we process is visual. Unlike reading, perceiving images is immediate and not a learnt skill. We can take advantage of this innate ability when we prepare communications for an audience with reading support needs. In this blog, we share 5 tips for choosing accessible images when you create Easy Read books. These are the 'insider tips' used by our Easy Read designers when preparing accessible docu

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Plain language vs Easy Read. What’s the difference?
Have you ever wondered what makes Plain Language different from Easy Read? Both writing styles help people understand information, but...

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Easy Read: making legal information easier to understand
Going to court can be stressful. For people living with communication disability, this stress is multiplied. Easy Read can help to ease some of this stress💡Easy Read means complex jargon gets explained to those who need it most. Processes like going to court become clearer, and readers can feel more in control. Communication support needs are more common for juvenile offenders, compared to non-offending peers. There is significant research indicating a connection between low

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Mornington Peninsula Shire makes information accessible with Easy Read
Mornington Peninsula Shire in Victoria, Australia is home to people with a diverse range of backgrounds and disability support needs. In...

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How can Easy Read empower church members to feel included?
In February this year, our Director and Easy Read subject matter expert, Ruby Yee, delivered our full-day Easy Read advanced workshop to...

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The power of co-design: Why collaboration is key in creating successful Easy Read documents
Co-design means people with disability have a key part in your accessibility project from the outset, and throughout. As Australia's...

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Unlocking the power of Easy Read: Making information more accessible
Easy Read (or Easy English) is a writing style that uses simple words, short sentences, plenty of white space, and images. This makes it...

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