Be the change. Make information accessible and inclusive.
Easy English 4 U
Technology, Information and Media
Kangaroo Flat, VIC 90 followers
We interpret your written content into Easy English for your target audience to maximise accessibility.
About us
Easy English 4 U provides your original document in an accessible format called Easy English. Easy English utilises several elements and techniques that allow the reader to engage with the information more effectively and obtain the key messages. Up to 44% of Australians, between 16 and 65 years old, do not have the literacy skills typically associated with expected minimum education. Engaging our services allows you to communicate effectively with your target audience and demonstrate your organisation’s commitment to being inclusive and accessible to all.
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www.easyenglish4u.com.au
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- Industry
- Technology, Information and Media
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Kangaroo Flat, VIC
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- Accessible Information, Easy English, Inclusion, and Content Development
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Kangaroo Flat, VIC 3555, AU
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Unlearning ableism is also embracing accessibility to ensure people are not left behind. Accessible information is just one way that people can become more inclusive - but it's a very important one. Not sure if your information is accessible to your clients? Please drop me a line. #AccessibleInformation #UnlearningAbleism #Inclusion #Disability #AccessibilityMatters #EasyEnglish #EasyRead #PlainLanguage
Why do we need to unlearn ableism? Because it is systemic oppression. Because it means treating Disabled people as less, overlooking them, ignoring them, or silencing them. Because ableism has allowed generations and generations of Disabled People to feel like they are the problem. We all have a role to play in Unlearning Ableism. We believe in creating safe spaces for people to ask questions, learn, and actually understand what you are learning about. Reach out today to learn how Unlearning Ableism can help you with workshops, training, consulting, speaking, or anti-ableist adults or diagnostics. info@unlearningableism.com Isn't it time we started unlearning? Image Description: An Unlearning Ableism graphic. The title reads, “Unlearning Ableism Is:”. Below are 12 statements with stick people clipart. 1. Taking Accountability – a person holding a magnifier. 2. Challenging Beliefs – a hand holding a lightbulb. 3. Removing Bias – outline of a head with a heart for a brain. 4. Taking Ownership- a person pointing at themselves as though to say it's me. 5. Understanding Intersectionality – a person cantered in circles that overlap and intertwine. 6. Passing The Mic – a person holding a mic. 7. Recognising Privilege – a person representing a leader speaking to a crowd unaware of their privilege. 8. Changing Language – a stick person with speech bubbles beside them. 9. Speaking Up – a person shouting stop at another. 10. Educating Others – a person presenting on a flip chart. 11. Self-Reflection – clipart of a person looking in a mirror. 12. Unlearning Behaviours – a person making notes. #ThursdayThoughts #UnlearningAbleism #DisabilityInclusion #Ableism #Unlearning
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For those interested. #DRC #Disability #RoyalCommission #AccessibleInformation #Inclusion #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
The Australian Government has released its response to the Disability Royal Commission’s final report. The response outlines the Australian Government’s commitment to working in partnership with the disability community to implement reforms to make Australia more inclusive, accessible and safe for people with disability. Consultation with the disability community has informed government responses to the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations. You can find the response at: https://lnkd.in/gnwTdexu A summary of the response is also available in Easy Read, Auslan, Braille and large print formats, as well as languages other than English.
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I highly recommend ensuring all materials concerning DV are made available in Easy English and also translated to provide maximum accessibility. People with low literacy are more likely to experience poor life outcomes, including poverty, unemployment and abuse, particularly with the power imbalance created by a lack of access to information. 44% of Australian adults do not have the literacy skills to manage day-to-day reading tasks. It is concerning to think how many may remain in dangerous situations because they cannot utilise the information provided to them. It is also useful for people in stressful situations who likely have reduced cognitive load capacity, that is the ability to process complex information. Even if you're not looking to use Easy English just now, I'd be happy to talk to anyone interested to learn more about it.
No, not all men are violent - but yes, there's things we can all do to change the harmful ideas about manhood that drive violence. Read more about why men need to talk about violence against women https://lnkd.in/g_tc36Ai
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This is exciting on a personal and professional level. I have been involved with Curtin University in some capacity since 2019 and finally got to be on campus and meet two of my PhD supervisors. It’s also the first conference I have attended while representing Easy English 4 U or Curtin University. My research demonstrates correlation between accessible information and better health outcomes. We have the ability to improve the outcomes for low literacy populations across a range of public sectors through the appropriate use of accessible information. It’s currently very much about raising awareness at the moment - awareness about the extent to which accessible information can alleviate poor outcomes in public sectors (health, justice, welfare, education, financial) - but I feel hopeful that society will adopt more inclusive accessible information approaches, we just need to keep the conversation moving in the right direction.
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Excited to be on my way to Perth for the upcoming Sociolinguistics Symposium 25! Eager to delve into the diverse range of research in the field. I have a presentation scheduled for Monday, focusing on accessible information and health communication. Can't wait to share my insights at the symposium! #SS25 #Sociolinguistics #AccessibleInformation
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Accessible information is a commonly overlooked accomodation/reasonable adjustment. Many people have low literacy, for various reasons, and many do so without being detected. Using accessible information from the outset benefits everyone: employer, employee, clients, their close ones and contractors. Everyone has a different cognitive processing capacity. Accessible information is more than using easy words or images, it uses structure and formatting that has been proven to support cognitive processing. Sometimes it’s not about making accessible information the mainstream but about making sure it’s there when it’s needed. What accessible information do you have in your organisation?
Co-Founder, Disabled By Society. Registered Blind AuDHD Rhino, (Rhinos are just chubby unicorns with bad eyesight) 🦏
Difficult. Problematic. Unprofessional. Words used to describe me by some of my past managers. I guess I was being difficult. Reminding my manager that my adjustments still haven't arrived. The nerve of me. I guess I was problematic. Pointing out in a team meeting that something was inaccessible. How dare I share inaccessible barriers. The audacity. And I guess I was unprofessional for bringing up that I was Disabled. The absolute cheek of me. The nerve, audacity and cheek of me daring to ask for support. For sharing. To ask for adjustments. How dare I be Disabled in the workplace. (I hope by now you can tell I'm being sarcastic). People ask why we are hesitant to share our Disabilities at work. And the answer is that most of us have experienced managers like that. Managers who, rather than seeking to understand, seek to negatively label. Better to label us difficult, problematic or unprofessional than admit their own failings. These experiences make us reluctant to ask for the support we need. It feeds into our internalised ableism. And it could be the reason we don't share at work again. Being a manager and not knowing how to support Disabled colleagues isn't just your failing. It's your employer's for not providing adequate training. But being a manager and choosing to not simply care is an entirely you problem, and you need to have a sit down with your ableism. Managers, we don't expect you to have all the answers. But we do expect empathy, understanding, and for you to know the adjustment/ accommodation process. Image Description: A dark background filled with different-sized squares and rectangles. They are white, yellow, blue, pink, orange, teal purple and blue. A white box with text reads, “Managers, we don't expect you to have all the answers. But we do expect empathy, understanding, and for you to know the adjustment/accommodation process”. Below are five stick people representing visible and non-visible Disabilities.
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Recently, I was watching a reel on Facebook of a bus driver carrying a person using a wheelchair onto the bus due to the lack of accessibility in the bus’s design. For those who are not systematically disabled by society and exclusive design, or who do not share in the frustration of those who are, it’s a sweet feel-good heroic tale that restores faith in humanity. For the rest of us, it’s a painful reminder that we live in a world that disables us and chastises us for seeking inclusion that doesn’t come with a price tag of our autonomy or dignity.
Multi-award winning values-based engineering, accessibility, and inclusion leader
Sometimes I complain publicly about something inaccessible, and I'm told I'm overreacting, either directly or indirectly. This takes the form of statements that start with words like: 💬 "Why didn't you just (blah blah blah)": where "blah blah blah" is something you already tried but didn't mention in the original story, or was impossible to try due to financial or geographic reasons. ❓ "Why are you making such a big deal about this?": Diminishing your lived experience and the discrimination you experienced because the responder (almost always someone without a disability) doesn't think it is a big deal. 😡 "Why do you call out companies publicly over teeny-tiny accessibility problems?" What seems like a teeny-tiny problem to you might be the difference between someone paying a utility bill or getting their power cut off. It could mean seeing a strobe light and realizing the building is on fire instead of waiting to smell smoke or have someone come find you. It might be a piece of software you can't use, so you can't get a job. 🔇 Without accessibility, you don't hear us, you don't see us, you might not even know we exist. Denying people with disabilities accessibility puts us back in the charitable model of disability that dates back over 100 years. Lack of accessibility creates barriers that leave people with disabilities no other option but to ask others for help and be dependent on them for their charity in providing assistance. Accessibility is the core to equal access, and equal access is core to civil rights for people with disabilities. Alt: Accessibility is like oxygen. without it, disabled people cannot thrive. #accessibility #disability #inclusion #diversity
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A lack of accessible health information is a major contributing factor to poor health outcomes. We need to dismantle expectations that disable people from understanding what is happening with their body/mind. One expectation is for people to above average literacy when 44% Australians do not have the literacy to do day-to-day reading tasks. Combine that with medical jargon and those who cannot read, comprehend and utilise health information is much higher.
78% of disabled people report negative healthcare experiences, vs. 61% of non-disabled people (according to Sanofi). To close the gap, we must: - Partner with and listen to the disability community - Increase representation in leadership - Collaborate across sectors Progress is possible with empathy, accountability & commitment to equity. Disability touches all of us. Accessible systems benefit everyone. Read more in my Forbes article. https://lnkd.in/gCkdExSz
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Has the need for accessible information been considered and incorporated in this initiative? One of the findings of the Disability Royal Commission was the need for accessible information to be more widespread. Would be interested to know more about how this is being integrated into resources, tools and training given the consultation phase coincided closely to the release of the final DRC report.
The Disability Employment Centre of Excellence will help improve employment outcomes for people with disability. Expected to commence in March 2025, the Centre of Excellence will provide resources, tools and training to help providers deliver quality employment services and supports to participants with disability and employers. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/g47q2TCC
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