Easy Read translations
Reach more readers with Easy Read.
Affordable service
We make Easy Read accessible and affordable, so every organisation can share accessible information that includes and empowers people with reading support needs.
Express delivery
Disabled people have a human right to access written information in alternative formats in a timely manner. That’s why we deliver codesigned Easy Read books within 5 business days.
Informed by research
​We use an evidence-based approach to create accessible information for people with reading support needs. With speech pathology expertise in language and literacy, we design Easy Read documents that make a real impact.
Codesigned
Our team includes Lived Experience Advisors who face information access barriers in their everyday lives. This includes people with learning disability, intellectual disability, brain injury, autism, ADHD, and CALD backgrounds.
Codesign
Our writers work collaboratively with people with intellectual disability to codesign Easy Read across sectors including banking, energy, essential services, healthcare, non-profit and government services.
Meet the team
Who benefits?
Did you know 44% of Australians have low English literacy?
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Easy Read creates inclusion for:
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culturally & linguistically diverse people
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people with intellectual disability
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people with mental health support needs
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neurodivergent people
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D/deaf people
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people with learning disability
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seniors
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people experiencing cognitive changes or dementia.
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Accessible information is a human right.
Tim Wedding,
National Disability Insurance Agency
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"We are extremely happy with the process and the levels of communication between our Agency and Embrace Access. Ruby is an excellent communicator and is super responsive to feedback and also keeping to timeframes. This has meant that our projects have been delivered on time, and to a very high standard with minimal to no rework required."​
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Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA)
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"Having someone you can rely on to create (and adapt) easy read documents for a big program in a timely manner is such a huge relief, especially when you're juggling everything that a complex program requires."
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Lakshmi Neelakantan
The University of Melbourne
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"Professional, responsive, and so skilled! Ruby was fantastic to work with. We engaged Embrace Access to create a plain language version of a mental health and wellbeing research survey for adolescents. All of our revisions were also addressed in a timely fashion. Highly recommend Ruby and Embrace Access!"​
Easy Read or Easy English?
What's the difference?
Our Easy Read follows a Grade 4 reading level and uses the same best-practice features as Easy English, like clear images, simple words, accessible fonts, and plenty of white space. We are committed to codesign and usability testing. Every Easy Read document we produce is shaped by years of experience working alongside people with diverse reading support needs.
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Tagged PDFs
Our Easy Read documents are delivered as tagged PDFs to comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines or WCAG 2.2 level AA and PDF/UA. In most cases, we are proud to achieve level AAA compliance. These international standards are set by W3C helping websites to be accessible to people with disability. The Australian government is mandated to prepare web content that meets WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards.
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