📘 Easy Read: Checklist for Accessible Training

 

🧑‍🏫 What is Accessible Training?

• Accessible training means everyone can take part, no matter their:

  • Disability

  • Learning difficulty

  • Mental health condition

  • Long-term health condition

• Training should be fair, clear, and supportive.

📋 Checklist for Trainers

✔️ Use clear language (short words and sentences).
✔️ Provide Easy Read versions (with symbols, pictures, or larger text).
✔️ Allow extra time for learning and assessments.
✔️ Give information in different formats written, spoken, video.
✔️ Provide assistive technology (screen readers, speech-to-text, captioning).
✔️ Make sure venues are wheelchair accessible.
✔️ Offer regular breaks to reduce stress and tiredness.
✔️ Support mental health (check-in, quiet space if needed).

🌍 UK Support

• Equality Act 2010: Training must be accessible to everyone.

• Access to Work: Government scheme to support disabled workers.

🌎 USA Support

• ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990): Training must be fair and accessible.

• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973): Protects students and workers in education.

• Job Accommodation Network (JAN): Helps employers make adjustments.

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📝 Quiz: Accessible Training

Q1. What does “accessible training” mean?
a) Training only for disabled people
b) Training that everyone can take part in
c) Training only online

Q2. Which of these helps make training accessible?
a) Using clear language
b) Allowing extra time
c) Both a and b

Q3. In the UK, which law protects access to training?
a) Equality Act 2010
b) Civil Rights Act 1964
c) Health and Safety Act 1974

Q4. In the USA, which law protects access to training?
a) ADA (1990)
b) GDPR
c) HIPAA

Q5. Why should trainers give information in different formats?
a) To make training longer
b) To support different needs
c) To confuse learners