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Did you know?
Fact!
44% of Australian adults(15-65 years old) do not have the literacy skills to read a range of day to day reading tasks. This equates to 7.3 million adult Australians in 2013.
Read more: ABS Data 2013 #4228 , OECD PIAAC Data 2013, 2016
Translating documents into Easy English
In 2021, Cathy was invited on to the Speak Up: Speech Pathology Australia Podcast.
She discusses the significant differences between Easy English and Easy Read, and the importance of this to the work of speech pathologists. Host Anneke Flinn. Also available at: Apple Podcasts, Spotify
Discussion about people with low literacy
The Drum ABC - February 18 2020.
With Julia Baird, Sam Conner and Christine Ryan.
Zero Conference 2023
At the UN, February 2023.
A summary of Cathy's presentation.
Thursday 16 May at 6pm.
Presenting 'The biggest accessibility issue - low literacy' at Global Accessibility Awareness Day A11y Bytes
Thursday 23 May at midday.
Running a free lunchtime webinar.
Lunch and Learn: Tips to reach a more diverse audience
Read our recent blogpost
Insights from Valuable 500. Why you need Easy English for your business