Strategy H: Ensure materials, meetings, and emergency preparedness information are accessible and culturally and linguistically responsive, addressing literacy level, language, cultural respect, physical and cognitive and sensory accessibility.
Emergency Preparedness Objective: Address language, culture, literacy, and access barriers in all published materials and activities Theme: Core Functions
Ensure materials, meetings, and emergency preparedness information are accessible and culturally and linguistically responsive, addressing literacy level, language, cultural respect, physical and cognitive and sensory accessibility. Know and serve the audience based on their strengths and needs.
RESOURCES FOR STRATEGY #8
- "I Speak" Cards [two-sided bilingual cards with printed information about Language Access Rights]
- Guide to Providing Effective Communication and Language Assistance Services [2 guides; one tailored for health care administrators and the other for health care providers]
- American Translators Association [for learning about and finding translators and interpreters]
- Guide to Accessible Meetings, Events, and Conferences
- A Planner's Guide: Infusing Principles, Content and Themes Related to Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Meetings and Conferences
- Achieving Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Information Dissemination Activities
- Considerations for Culturally and Linguistically Competent Presentations
- Ensuring Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Meeting Planning and Activities
- Accessible Meetings and Presentations
- WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind
- Write Clearly: Free Plain Language Authoring Tool
- National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards: #8
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Physical Spaces
- English Learner Toolkit
- Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities
- PEAT Telework and Accessibility Toolkit
- Breaking the Speech Barrier in the Digital Age: The Role of Technology