Blog | Tag: Language

Children are naturally curious. When they see someone who uses a wheelchair, communicates in a different way, or learns differently, they often have questions. That’s a good thing. When we talk openly about disability, we help children build a more complete and compassionate view of the world.

Easy Language, sometimes called Plain Language, means writing and providing information in short, simple ways. People need information in a way that is easy to understand. When we write things in ways that are hard to understand, we can exclude people. This blog teaches you how to write using Easy Language.

Members of the disability community experience very real barriers, oppression, and discrimination daily. That fact cannot and should not be swept under the rug of comforting euphemisms.