Conference calls: Show and tell
Author: Alison Matthews & Rachel Samuels
Magazine issue: Summer 06
Page numbers: 20-22
Date: 29 May 2006
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Demand for accessible information is growing from both person-centred and service-centred perspectives. Alison Matthews and Rachel Samuels report on a multi-agency event organised to kick-start a north west of England forum for sharing good practice. They examine the context for accessible information and the current state of play. They then list brief information from the variety of workshops at the event: Talking Mats; Visual impairment and Accessible Information; The myth of ‘Reasonable Adjustments’; Making things easier to understand project; Multimedia and Person Centred Planning; Inclusive Technology; Ethnic Minority Communities; Worth 1000 Words; The Rainbow Group at Change; Mencap; Widgit Software / Rebus Symbols.
