The author of a new guide on how to provide organisational support for people with a cognitive disability believes that communication can be made a lot more effective by adopting and embracing simple English. It’s the topic of a fascinating address he gave recently at a conference in Melbourne which you can listen to in a podcast within this article.
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There’s a Chinese proverb that says, “Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I’ll understand.” It’s a good approach to take when you’re in charge of training people to become accessible content creators.
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A comprehensive new booklet aims to demystify Cognitive Disability by providing a practical resource for organisational support. The author of the guide, Dr Scott Hollier, is Media Access Australia’s Director of Digital Accessibility, and also wrote the ground-breaking Service Provider’s Accessibility Guide last year. He shares his thoughts on the condition and the new guide in an insightful podcast.
Continue reading Cognitive Disability podcast with Dr Scott Hollier