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How to make information accessible: a guide to producing easy read documents
- Author:
- CHANGE
- Publisher:
- Change
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This guidance produced by the National Equality Partnership and CHANGE, a national organisation led by disabled people, aims to make written information accessible to those who may find reading and writing difficult. Central to this is the belief that people who have learning difficulties have the expertise and knowledge to prepare such a document, and have done so with this guide. Here, accessible information means easy words and pictures, a style of language developed by people with learning disabilities over the past 15 years. Characterised by writing in short, simple sentences without jargon or hard words, clear and easy to understand pictures are used to support words, with an added value of helping those who do not have English as a first language. It takes time and money to create information to the easy words and pictures standard, so it is important to choose carefully which documents to use. It is suggested that some information could be made more accessible by the use of other, cheaper methods such as multimedia. The authors define jargon and hard words, detail laws such as the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the 2006 Disability Equality Duty (DED) and advise on involving people with learning disabilities on how to improve accessibility and presentation of documents. Presented throughout, in the style of easy words and pictures, practical advice is given on how to prepare a document with a checklist and examples of good practice concluding the text.
Make it clear: a guide to making information easy to read and understand
- Author:
- MENCAP. Accessibility Team
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide provides advice and tips and making things people write easy to read. It cover: the words you use, where to put words on the page, how to use pictures and choosing the type of writing and the paper. The guide was developed with people with learning disabilities.
Digital exclusion profiling of vulnerable groups: adults with learning disabilities: a profile
- Authors:
- CITIZENS ONLINE, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This profile considers the group 'adults with learning disabilities'. It aims to understand group members' actual and potential interaction with technology. The starting point of the profile is to understand the life circumstances of group members through desk-based research. Our understanding of group members' (potential) engagement with technology has been developed largely through primary research. In particular focus groups were set up with group members and professionals working with the group.
A decade on: what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause?
- Author:
- WILLIS Diane S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12(1), March 2008, pp.9-23.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Carr and Hollins highlighted the paucity of research on the menopause in women with intellectual disabilities and, 10 years on, this area still remains poorly researched. Work exploring the age of onset of the menopause has suggested that the menopause is earlier in this group of women, but studies exploring what women with intellectual disabilities understand and experience during the menopause are limited. In this Scottish study 15 women with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities were interviewed using a semi-structured interview on a one-to-one basis about their knowledge and understanding of the menopause. Findings revealed limited accessible information about the menopause and a paucity in the women's knowledge and understanding about the menopause. This suggests a need for more accessible information, in order to increase understanding and awareness of the menopause in these women.
Over to you
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, March 2008, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
A pilot of a TV news programme catering specifically for people with learning disabilities was carried out in March 2008. This article discusses the pilot and the importance of providing accessible mainstream news.
Accessible website content guidelines for users with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- KARREMAN Joyce, van der GEEST Thea, BUURSINK Esmee
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(6), November 2007, pp.510-518.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative has issued guidelines for making websites better and easier to access for people with various disabilities (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines 1999). The usability of two versions of a Dutch website (a non-adapted site and a site that was adapted on the basis of easy-to-read guidelines) was tested with two groups of 20 participants. One group had intellectual disabilities but could read, the other group had no identified intellectual disabilities. In a 2 × 2 experimental design, it was investigated whether the easy-to-read website was indeed better accessible and usable for the participants with intellectual disabilities. The adaptation of the website worked well for participants with intellectual disabilities. Users without identified intellectual disabilities were as effective with the adapted site as they were with the non-adapted site. The results form an empirical basis for recommendations about applying guidelines for easy-to-read text on websites for people with intellectual disabilities.
Safeguarding adults with learning disabilities: keeping people safe: easy read summary
- Author:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Valuing People Support Team
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Easy read summary of a new Good Practice Guidance on Commissioning Specialist Adult Learning Disability Health Services. There is a new information pack to help people who are members of Partnership Boards to better protect adults with learning disabilities in the communities in which they live
Safeguarding adults with learning disabilities: information for partnership boards
- Author:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Valuing People Support Team
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health have brought out a new Good Practice Guidance on Commissioning Specialist Adult Learning Disability Health Services. There is a new information pack to help people who are members of Partnership Boards to better protect adults with learning disabilities in the communities in which they live.
Accessible information for people with intellectual disabilities: do symbols really help?
- Authors:
- PONCELAS Angela, MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(5), September 2007, pp.466-474.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Recently, symbols have been used to increase understanding of written information for people with intellectual disabilities, yet the effectiveness of this remains largely untested. This study was undertaken around the time of an election and it aimed to test whether a symbol-based manifesto increased the understanding of this material for people with intellectual disabilities. Two versions of a simplified manifesto were produced: one text-based and the other symbol-based (with text). Thirty-four adults with intellectual disabilities attending three day centres in Kent, participated in the study. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: one received the text-based information, and the other the symbol-based information (with text). Participants were asked a series of questions about the material, both immediately (time 1) and a short time afterwards (time 2), to assess understanding (the material was in front of them throughout). Both versions produced relatively low levels of understanding. The group with symbols (and text) showed no better understanding than the group with text only. However, those with better language comprehension scores and those with better reading skills tended to show a higher understanding of the manifesto, in both groups. In the symbols group, those who said they had seen symbols before also showed significantly better understanding of the material at time 2. This study suggests that the addition of symbols to simple texts does not necessarily improve people's understanding of it. It is proposed that a closer examination of people's understanding of symbols should be made and ways of improving this understanding investigated.
Information for all: guidance about making easy information
- Author:
- ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 13 booklets, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
A pack of 13 booklets plus a CD containing an audio summary of each booklet. For anyone who wants to make their information accessible for people with learning disabilities who also have a sight loss including those from black and minority ethnic groups and people who have individual communication needs. Booklets cover: words and language, design and layout, using pictures and symbols, audio, video and computer based information.