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Breast Cancer Now & CHANGE: How reducing barriers to participation can lead to healthcare improvements
Breast Cancer Now approached CHANGE to translate their service pledge pack documents to ensure that the information that they were distributing was truly accessible.
The second in the interview series by CHANGE’s Words to Pictures team , Jamie Marshall spoke to Anna Preciado, service pledge senior officer, Breast Cancer now, who explained their policies on inclusivity and the changes that they are making to become more accessible.
Why Financial Services Need Truly Accessible Communications
The finance sector faces a critical challenge: ensuring clear communication for every customer. This is a core expectation of the FCA Consumer Duty, which demands that firms deliver good outcomes for all retail customers. But very substantial part of the market needs information presented in a fundamentally different way to truly understand it.
Shedding Light on Hidden Disabilities: The Sunflower Movement
We believe that the Sunflower Movement is a crucial step towards creating a more inclusive society. By raising awareness and fostering understanding, the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower charity helps break down barriers and build a community where everyone feels supported. Our new series celebrates the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Movement, featuring personal stories and CHANGE's commitment to visible inclusivity.
Embracing the Yellow Sunflower: Cheryl's Journey with the Hidden Disability Scheme and Autism
In the first of two personal accounts from wearers, Cheryl, a member of the CHANGE team, shares her personal journey with Autism and the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower since 2017.
Hidden Disabilities: Heather's Experience Using a Sunflower Lanyard
Read how Heather was able to navigate the airport with confidence thanks to her Hidden Disabilities Sunflower lanyard, in the second of our personal accounts from wearers.
Co-Production in Action: Insights from the Words to Pictures Team Interviews
CHANGE's Words to Pictures team have been interviewing the people who commission Easy Read to better understand why they do it and what it means to their organisations to be inclusive and accessible.
Warwick University & CHANGE: Enabling Inclusive Research with People with Learning Disabilities
When Warwick University undertook research on the ReSPECT process they partnered with CHANGE to ensure their work was genuinely inclusive and its findings were communicated accessibly.
In the first of a series of interviews by CHANGE’s Words to Pictures team, Jamie Marshall spoke to Anne-Marie Slowther from Warwick University.
Why easy read is important to neurodiverse people like me
I am Autistic, I have dyslexia and visual processing disorder. This world is hard for someone like me to navigate, this world is made for neurotypical people,
Easy read is very important for someone like me, it make complicated information easier to understand, it uses simple pictures and words., it means the world is accessible to me in a way I need it to be.
How to avoid jargon in your documents to make information easy to understand
Jargon words are words that professionals often use to communicate with each other. The meaning of these words might be obvious to the people working in the same profession, but to others, they might be hard to understand.
Read our three tips to make your information more accessible.
OutSpoken: Identity and Inclusion
At CHANGE, we believe in the power of co-production. Our basic ethos hinges on the concept of ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ and this was evident in the OutSpoken project. This project focused on improving access to services and inclusion in community for people who are LGBTQI+ and have autism and/or a learning disability. Our OutSpoken project thrived on our Steering Group comprised solely of experts by experience.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day we had a chat with one of these members and this is what they had to say ....
The importance of accessible information in a digital world
We live in a very digital world accessing more information than ever before. It’s equally important to ensure that everyone has access to it.
Accessible information is information that people can understand. It means different things to different people.
The importance of experts by experience and what it means for CHANGE
Experts by experience are people who have personal knowledge and experience of services. Experts by experience can commonly be utilised by the NHS, the Third Sector and local and national government.
Experts by experience bring their unique experience, history, knowledge and perspective to professionals who are making decisions that will affect those people; they ensure that when decisions are made they are made with the needs of the individuals in mind, and that those decisions are relevant, person centered and culturally sensitive.
National BSL Day UK
CHANGE are celebrating National BSL Day along with Leep1 and the Advonet Group, looking at how to strive for greater accessibility and inclusion.
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