Digital development: hidden accessibility barriers

“Lower literacy is the Web's biggest accessibility problem, but nobody cares about this massive user group.”
Jakob Neilsen, 2006.

When: Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Where: Online via Zoom

Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Melbourne time (AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Cost: $150 + gst

Suitable for
Anyone who wants to know more about how literacy affects consumers’ use of the internet and digital tools: website content writers, website developers, social media managers, communications staff, human services workers, disability advocates, teachers, community educators, researchers, report writers, NDIS staff & providers, My Aged Care staff & providers, project workers, health promotion staff…

Learning objectives

To develop an understanding of the proportion of people with low digital literacy with or without low literacy.
To understand some of the barriers in accessing the online world
To explore some different perspectives and approaches to digital access
Practical tips.

This workshop is limited to 25 participants.

Not sure if this training is right for you?

Find out more about Access Easy English and browse examples of our work at https://accesseasyenglish.com.au

Or Call Cathy Basterfield on 0466 579 855 or email cathy@accesseasyenglish.com.au

Bookings

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Access Easy English is owned by Cathy Basterfield.

Cathy is a trained Speech Pathologist, with more than 35 years’ experience.

She has a national and international reputation in the development of Easy English.

Cathy is acknowledged by her peers as a highly experienced practitioner in the field of Easy English.

She is recognised as being at the forefront of the development of Easy English in Australia, being one of the first practitioners in this specialist field nearly 20 years ago. This includes the development of quality standards and benchmarks for Easy English and writing the first guidelines for writing Easy English. This is still the basis of quality Easy English.

Cathy is a published author, invited plenary speaker and presents at national and international conferences on this subject matter regularly.

See more at www.accesseasyenglish.com.au

Your presenters for this webinar are

(1) Jodie van de Wetering. Jodie was an ABC reporter and broadcaster for 13 years, including work for The Queensland Country Hour and regional postings across Queensland and New South Wales. They are also experienced in corporate communications in the disability sector, supporting agencies’ communication with service users, stakeholders, funding partners and the broader public. As a specialist content writer with Access Easy English they create accessible resources so everybody, of all backgrounds and abilities, has access to information they need to be informed, safe and empowered.

(2) Damien Basterfield. Damien manages the Access Easy English virtual office and websites. He has been working with people with low digital literacy and low literacy to design, develop and continue to evolve our second website for people with low digital literacy. www.readee.com.au