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Who is Easy Read for?
Sometimes there is some confusion around exactly who Easy Read information is designed for. This is understandable because it’s appeal seems to be pretty broad: quick-to-read, easy language, waffle deleted, clear images, large print...etc. I often hear professionals say: "I always read the easy read version if there is one. I’m too busy for 50 pages of small print." However, Easy Read was most definitely developed by people with learning disabilities. My career started in 20
Clare Tarling
Dec 42 min read


A life-changing friendship
I’ve been reflecting on my career. Which led me to think about my values - what makes me “tick”? My values are about seeing the potential...
Clare Tarling
Jan 303 min read


The cost of complexity: making support systems accessible
A laptop and some paperwork It seems to me that the more difficulties you have, the harder it becomes to access the help you need. More...
Clare Tarling
Jan 223 min read


Just because someone "never has", doesn't mean they "never will": Easy Read as an opportunity to do something new.
Another musical analogy here - similar to my last blog about white space . And also another experience with the wonderful Laura Cousins...
Clare Tarling
Jan 192 min read


White space is your friend
A large, empty room The most important design element of Easy Read design is nothing . Space on the page. An analogy in music: I took...
Clare Tarling
Jan 171 min read


You can't see gravity: the value of long, complicated documents
Easy Read is just the final step in a very long process. It would not exist at all without that brilliantly long, complex, original version.
Clare Tarling
Mar 6, 20242 min read


It's all Greek to me!
A few years ago, I was delivering some Easy Read training to a mixed group of people - care staff, admin staff, and people with learning...
Clare Tarling
Feb 23, 20241 min read


New book out now! Everyday Citizenship
I'm just so thrilled to have been invited to edit this book! Buy it from Red Press Publishing. We are all equal. We are all different. We...
Clare Tarling
Feb 3, 20241 min read


The culture iceberg + walking the talk
Edgar Schein (1992) - Model of Organisational Culture We can all recognise a "good culture" or a "toxic culture" when we experience it....
Clare Tarling
Feb 3, 20243 min read
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