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We made a neuro-affirming guide to Autism, for loved ones. This Easy Read book was created by our Director, Ruby Yee, wh...
30/06/2025

We made a neuro-affirming guide to Autism, for loved ones.

This Easy Read book was created by our Director, Ruby Yee, who is also an Autistic speech pathologist. She had help from a number of neurodivergent colleagues. Their stories feature in this book, to help loved ones understand the small but important ways we can create spaces for neurodivergent people to thrive.

This book was prepared in an Easy Read format. Easy Read is a style of writing that targets a Grade 2 to Grade 4 reading level. We use plain language, and inclusive pictures to explain ideas 💡

Enjoy, and share with anyone who might find this helpful.



Download our book at: www.EmbraceAccess.com.au/easy-read-books

🏆 Team Day 2025 🏆 Featuring brainstorming, guest speeches and story telling ♿️. Thanks to all who joined us including ou...
25/06/2025

🏆 Team Day 2025 🏆

Featuring brainstorming, guest speeches and story telling ♿️.

Thanks to all who joined us including our team of amazing Lived Experienve Advisors, and some special guests.

Write to communicate, not to impress. Simplifying your written information isn’t about ‘dumbing down’ content. In fact, ...
20/05/2025

Write to communicate, not to impress. Simplifying your written information isn’t about ‘dumbing down’ content. In fact, accessible writing is actually a highly sophisticated skill set. Moreover, it’ll help you to reach more readers when you write!



Get Easy Read training at www.embraceaccess.com.au

is a good day to ask how your organisation helps seniors access information online. Low digital literacy can diminish...
15/05/2025

is a good day to ask how your organisation helps seniors access information online.

Low digital literacy can diminish a person’s sense of agency. can give some of that control and confidence back.

Some tips to improve the of older Australians include:

1. Making it easy to download and print factsheets and forms. Many users like to print what they need, and refer back to it later.

2. Making it easy to find contact information. Many users still like to talk to a real person, if they get stuck or need more info that’s not readily available online.

3. Using specific link text for buttons and hyperlinks. Users like to know what they’re clicking on and where it will take them next!

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Thanks for having us 👏 It was our honour to meet a room of 70+ passionate and knowledgeable disability advocates this w...
09/05/2025

Thanks for having us 👏

It was our honour to meet a room of 70+ passionate and knowledgeable disability advocates this week in our Easy Read training.

Participants left with practical knowledge and new skills to remove information access barriers for the disabled clients they support.

Ultimately, this training gave advocates new tools to foster increased agency for people in their own lives.

One training participant reflected:

“After the training I feel confident to create these documents using knowledge I learnt. I am aware of publicly available resources, and the dos and donts of easy read documents.

The most practical and helpful external training I have been to in this industry.

Ruby was a great presenter and was able to command a room of 70+ people while explaining practical and necessary information. I was and am very impressed by her work.”

Keep up your amazing work NSW!

energy bills. Who doesn’t like the sound of that? Our Director, Ruby, recently facilitated a number of user feedback s...
14/04/2025

energy bills. Who doesn’t like the sound of that?

Our Director, Ruby, recently facilitated a number of user feedback sessions with community members to find out:

- What makes your energy bill hard to read and understand?

- What makes your energy bill easy to read and understand?

from seniors across the country to improve how we manage energy, helping people with a range of communication needs and preferences get their needs met.

Neurodiversity inclusion means embracing all forms of communication. Download free communication boards created by neuro...
19/03/2025

Neurodiversity inclusion means embracing all forms of communication. Download free communication boards created by neurodivergent people and speech pathologists at Embrace Access.

Or reach out to collaborate on a custom design!

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Another day, another focus group! ☕️ Excited to discover new ways for supporting to participate in their communities, ...
11/03/2025

Another day, another focus group! ☕️

Excited to discover new ways for supporting to participate in their communities, through story-sharing with locals in 🧡🧡

Josie and I loved helping create information about for Australians with low literacy.You can create better resource...
11/03/2025

Josie and I loved helping create information about for Australians with low literacy.

You can create better resources when you include people with disability at every stage of product development.

Connect with our amazing team of lived experience advisors at Embrace Access to support your next project!

Links to our website and these amazing resources by Jean Hailes are in the comments.

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uses pictures and simple sentences to explain ideas. Here's a page from a sleep hygiene book highlighting how pictures...
11/03/2025

uses pictures and simple sentences to explain ideas. Here's a page from a sleep hygiene book highlighting how pictures are used to support text.

But WHY are pictures so important for your Easy Read audience?

Research shows pictures can support:
- understanding
- attention
- memory
- navigation (or, finding the bit you need without reading all the words).

This is helpful for any reader. It is critical for readers with learning disability, or low English literacy, who might find reading particularly effortful.

The Picture Superiority Effect is a well researched psychological phenomenon that says pictures are easier to perceive and remember compared to words alone (for sighted people).

Interestingly, not all pictures are helpful. For example, studies show that 'busy' pictures take longer for a reader to process, compared with their written counterpart.

We love teaching people to choose meaningful, accessible images for their and written communications. Feel free to email for more help or training info!

Email at info@EmbraceAccess.com.au

Embrace Access Easy Read training at www.EmbraceAccess.com.au



Alt-text is in the image.

It's easy to check colour contrast. Here's a free tool we use: https://colourcontrast.ccWhy is this important? Alongside...
11/03/2025

It's easy to check colour contrast. Here's a free tool we use: https://colourcontrast.cc

Why is this important? Alongside alternative-text (alt-text), good colour contrast empowers a wide range of users to perceive your images with confidence.

At Embrace Access, we love picture symbols by Tobii Dynavox® because they follow key and visual clarity principles that align with and best practices for cognitive and visual accessibility.

In this comparison, black lines create strong contrast clearly defining meaningful elements in your designs. Pink facial features on a beige face may be more challenging for low vision users to identify.

Poor colour contrast means:
- key parts of your message are missed by your audience❌
- people with disability are excluded from accessing your information❌

Learn more in our training: https://lnkd.in/gjnexycW

Alt-text in images. Helpful links in comments.

Do decorative images weaken your message? It's tempting to add pretty pictures to our comms, but this can be problematic...
11/03/2025

Do decorative images weaken your message? It's tempting to add pretty pictures to our comms, but this can be problematic when it comes to .

Why? More elements create more work for our brain.

Too much background noise, or 'clutter,' can be unhelpful for:
- people with cognitive disabilities
- people with vision impairments
- assistive tech users.

In our second image below, we're presented with extraneous information: park bench, trees, phone. The key message, 'mask,' gets lost.

If good alt-text isn't used, assistive tech users will be bombarded with meaningless descriptions about background clutter, distracting your audience from what you really want to say.

At Embrace Access, we co-design communications with our team of lived experience advisors to ensure pictures are clean and meaningful.

Learn more: www.embraceaccess.com.au 💡










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