#plain language

[art-of-mathematics]

Book source: Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson

#calculus #plain language #plain words #simple words #laymans terms #thompson #silvanus thompson #math #mathematics #analogies #analogy

[crippleprophet]

I always want to participate and understand disability theory but learning disability and tbi make academic language difficult to understand :/. do you/your followers have any tips to break things down? is it okay ask for a simpler version of something?

academic language is inaccessible to so many people! it’s really fucked up, especially when it’s disability theory. i write academically sometimes but theory should be for all of us, whether it’s articles or posts. i need to get better about adding accessible summaries or reblogs.

there are some articles, especially in journals about intellectual disabilities & learning difficulties, that have plain language summaries throughout the article. i think all journals need to require this.

the british journal of learning disabilities does this. i highly recommend the article ‘May we please have sex tonight?’ – people with learning difficulties pursuing privacy in residential group settings by Andrea Hollomotz. (one of my friends is doing a PhD under her!)

the essay Sixty Years in the Institution by Thomas F. Allen is written by an intellectually disabled man and is in plain language. i’m not sure if the rest of the book is accessible or not. this piece has content warnings for abuse during involuntary institutionalization.

i have a pdf of both of those, you can message me if you have trouble finding them!

i would also love to make more information accessible if i can help. i’m not an expert at plain language and need to get better at it. but if there are particular articles you want me to summarize, feel free to send them to me! i’m also happy to summarize articles i’ve read about topics you or other people are interested in.

i wrote a slightly more accessible summary of cyborg theory in disability studies here (link). it is not in plain language but it is not very academic.

accessibility should go beyond individual people trying to help. but intellectually disabled people, cognitively disabled people, and people with learning difficulties are my comrades and i want y’all in these conversations, too. i also have brain damage and when i’m having a bad day my girlfriend explains things to me in plain language. everyone should get that accessibility for everything they’re interested in, especially when the conversation is about them.

#plain language #asks

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

We see accessibility in too narrow a way. We see it as getting access to places. We tend not to think about it as getting access to information. A convoluted sentence with words like 'convoluted' in them can be just as much a barrier as an uncut curb. So, now, we are at the stage of making sure that information is presented in an accessible manner, like we are ramping language.

Dave Hingsburger: "Plain can be Beautiful," Of Battered Aspect. 15 January, 2015.

Confession: I grew up with the story of how, as a toddler, I was almost misdiagnosed as Intellectually Disabled* because of my cerebral palsy, and how that almost condemned me to a life in an institution.

I was therefore bigoted against the intellectually disabled for much of my life (though if you asked me at the time, I would have denied it), because in the back of my mind, accepting those people into my cohort felt like a threat.

This paragraph, and that analogy, snapped me out of it. If I am fully human, even if I need tools like an elevator to get to the second floor, than an intellectually disabled person is also clearly fully human, even if they need tools to navigate complex ideas.

#dave hingsburger #world down syndrome day #plain language

[beatrice-otter]

Racism Explained in Plain Language

The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network periodically makes plain-language videos explaining important topics, and they're always really good. They just uploaded a whole series on structural racism. If you need a basic but thorough primer on the subject for yourself or someone else, they're excellent. Besides being helpful for people with disabilities, they should also be a useful supplement for your kids if your local school district is trying to get rid of any mentions of racism in the curriculum. All the examples are US focused because ASAN is a US group, so it might not be much help to people in other countries, sorry.

Structural Racism 3: What Is Racism?

Structural Racism 4: What is Structural Racism?

Structural Racism 5: Structural Racism is Still With Us

Structural Racism 6: Structural Racism is Sometimes Hidden

Structural Racism 7: Structural Racism Takes Work To Get Rid Of

Structural Racism in the US Today: Immigration Structural Racism in the US Today: Housing

Structural Racism in the US Today: Environmental Racism Structural Racism in the US Today: Mass Incarceration

#dreamwidth #original post #racisim #plain language #Youtube

[tismtay]

working on a plain language version of those Tone Indicator Guides

#plain language #tone #tone-indicators #tone indicators

[gosuperdonnie]

I saw a couple posts referencing “plain text.” I thought they were about plain language and I got very excited. Plain language is a style of writing. It helps people who can’t understand complex, technical writing. You write plain language at about a 5-8th grade (US) level. In plain language, the goal is to be as clear and simple as possible while still getting your point across. This post is an example of plain language.

Then I remember that this hellsite (tumblr) lets you make posts with special formatting. That formatting may not be accessible to everyone. So, some people may need plain text versions of posts.

I got very disappointed because so many people forget that some people need plain language, too. I’m not upset at the people who made those posts. I’m just upset that very few people who talk about making things accessible to people with disabilities also talk about plain language. Many people, especially some people with intellectual and development disabilities, need plain language. Also, people who don’t speak or read English very well need plain language.

I write plain language for my day job. I also need plain language to understand a lot of texts. Those two things make me really passionate about plain language. I want more people to get excited about writing in plain language.

If you want a good example of a tumblr blog that writes in plain language, I recommend @autismagainstfascism. They make plain language posts about fighting fascism and other right-wing ideas in the disability community.

You can also check out @autisticadvocacy’s plain language and Easy Read toolkits on their website. (Easy Read is a way of writing that uses even simpler language than plain language. Easy Read also uses pictures.) Open the tab menu that says resources and click any of the links under Easy Read/Plain Language Resources. Full disclosure: I work for ASAN and my day job is writing Easy Read and plain language resources. All of ASAN’s resources are free.

I want more people to write plain language posts! I want more people to learn about plain language! Plain language makes the world more accessible for a lot of people!

#Donnie talks #plain language #long post

[potato-head-kids]

Reading is our biggest, long term special interest. But there’s nothing that makes it better than any other hobby. If you don’t or can’t read much, for any reason, that’s okay!

#simple language #plain language #psa #reading #disability community

[fahmeenaodetta]

Article for Journal

The Plain Language Association International is seeking contributions for its PLAIN e-journal on the topic Culture of Plain Language. I am thinking of writing an article to contribute.

(Link: https://twitter.com/PLAIN_Lang_Intl)

#fahmeenaodetta #plain language #paperforpublishing

[messengerhermes]

ACAB: Support Bail Funds

Why are bail funds important: In the US, many people are held in jail before their trials happen. People in jail have only been accused of a crime. A court still has to hear about the accused crime and decide whether or not they are guilty of it. When a court hears about a crime accusation and makes a choice about it, that is called a trial. A trial decides how the person accused of a crime should be punished. People in jail have not had a trial yet. They are waiting for their trial. But people can stay in jail a long time. While they are in jail, they may miss important bills, get fired for missing work, or have family members who are not being cared for because they are in jail. The US allows people in jail to pay to leave. This is called bail. Bail can be set at different financial amounts. Many people may not be able to afford bail. That's where bail funds come in. Bail funds are made when groups of people give money to help people get out of jail. You can find a bail fund for your city, county, or state, by searching the name of where you live with the words "Bail fund." Donating to bail funds helps people get out of jail. That means they get to go home and go back to their lives while they wait for their trial. People who are able to pay bail and go home have better chances of keeping their homes and jobs than people who get stuck sitting in jail. If you cannot pay money to your local bail fund, you may be able to help people by volunteering. When volunteers help people in jail, that is called jail support. You can look up the name of where you live with the phrase "Jail support" to see if there are any groups in your area doing this work. No one deserves to sit in jail. No one deserves to be punished for crimes that they may not have even done!

#plain language #acab #to anyone wondering why I'm writing this way this is an accessible form of writing called plain language #I'm still learning how to write in it but I hope this helps #united states #prison #jail #bail funds #abolition #bail

[atozofsoftwareengineering]

Crafting a Seamless User Experience: Best Practices for Designing Products Users Love

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#accessibility #consistency #context design #feedback design #mobile optimization #navigation design #plain language #product performance #testing and iteration #user experience #user research #UX design #visual hierarchy #white space

[picturemecountingcards]

could only express this in green text format, bear with me

> be me

> in english class

> some guy delivers a meandering nihilistic monologue about how we're all just apes and our only purpose is reproducing, eating, dying and rotting (direct quote) that only vaguely pertains to the question he's being asked

> turn around to look at him

> see his laptop

> it's covered in southpark stickers

#full disclosure i've never watched south park nor do i harbor any ill will towards people who enjoy it #engage in whatever media in whatever way you find fulfilling/just plain fun i'm not your dad #however #this particular situation was really funny #oh that's english as a second language class btw #feel like that adds to it

[art-of-mathematics]

Wobbly Sierpinski-fractal model/toy

Made with foil strips of equal length and book screws.

The larger triangle at the center is stable because the outer tinier triangles stabilize it. (The larger triangles have a side length of two foil strips. The smallest triangles ("the building blocks") have a side length of 1 foil strip. The largest triangle is this entire model with side length of 4 foil strips.)

The largest triangle (4foil strips) is stable, because the tiniest (1foil strip) triangles stabilize each other as well as the larger (2foil strips) triangle.

The sierpinski pattern has interesting properties regarding its "stability" I have to admit.

Normally I struggle to make equilateral triangles of side length "2 foil strips" stable enough without adding an inner triangle. This construction (using outer tiny triangles) is a good solution if you want a "larger triangle hole".

#word soup #i do not know how to put my thoughts about this in words that are less childlike #plain language #sierpinski fractal #fractal #triangles #equilatral triangle #equilateral triangles #triangle #shapes #patterns #crafts #crafting #math stuff #mathy stuffy #wobbly #math visualization #math #mathematics #math model #fractal geometry #fractals #sierpinski triangle #geometry

[yeehawpim]

#original comic #artists on tumblr #indie comics #japanese #mandarin #shokupan #linguistics #language #comic #bread #food #my art #my comic #i miss plain toasted shokupan...... #i like the square kind the best bc crust is my fav

[renee-writer]

#writers write #writing advice #plain language

[lonepower]

my dad and I just finished listening to a fascinating (and really pretty alarming) podcast about American literacy education recently—Sold a Story by Emily Hanford—and it got me wondering what my peers’ experience was, so here's my first poll! This pertains to people who learned to read in the U.S. specifically, so even if one of the other options matches your experience, I'd politely ask you to refrain from picking one (presumably you guys have better school districts than we do anyway). 

(the most horrifying part out of the entire thing was the fact that dubbya was the one to realize something was wrong. even a broken clock, I guess...?)

#polls #literacy #linguistics #on language #I'm also just plain curious how many responses I'll actually get #it was a really interesting podcast i do recommend it

[havermut]

First post in Medium!

#datascience #machinelearning #plain language