Plain Language Resources

Based on ongoing consultations with our stakeholders across Alberta, we have identified the following areas on which to focus and categorize our plain language activities:

1. Health and disabilities: Topics related to health and wellness, complex needs and specific disorders, e.g., FASD, autism, dual diagnosis.
2. Social inclusion: Topics related to social justice, legal rights, advocacy, citizenship and inclusion of persons with disabilities.

3. Life-cycle transitions: Topics on service planning and delivery for individuals experiencing various stages of the life-cycle, e.g., youth to adult services, education to work, retirement planning, death, and bereavement.

2008

• Grieving after a loss
• Addictions in the Home

2007

• Alcohol Use: It is your choice!
• Keep Your Body Fit!
• Simply Health: Dental - Learn About Teeth and Gum Problems
• Somebody Picks on Me at Work: A Pamphlet on Harassment in the Workplace
• They Pick on Me at Work: A Workbook on Harassment in the Workplace

2006

• Healthy Meals: What Food Makes a Good Meal
• Living Options: I Want a Home 
• Tobacco Free Too - Student Workbook

2005

• Stress

2004

• Simply Health: The Breast - Health for Women
• Simply Health: Eyesight - See with Healthy Eyes
• Simply Health: Hearing - What is Hearing Loss?
• Simply Health: Podiatry - Healthy Feet Need a Podiatrist!
• Simply Health: Prostate - Health for Men 

2003

• Menopause: What is it?
• Menopause: What to do if you have problems
• Menopause: What the hard words mean
• Sexuality and women with disabilities
• SmokeTalk
• SmokeTalk Workbook
• SmokeTalk Facilitators Guide

2002

• How to be a good worker II
• Sterilization for women

2001

• Am I ready to be a parent?
• Do I want my child adopted?
• I think I’m pregnant. What should I do?
• What if I want an abortion?

2000 and older

• Depression
• Diabetes and you
• How to choose (or pick) a lawyer who is right for You
• How to Get Good Help to Pick What to Do
• How to Pick What to Do
• If I split up with my husband: Who gets what?
• If I split up with my husband: Bills, banks and credit cards
• If I split up with my husband: What about my children?
• If I split up with my husband: Some ways to stay safe
• If I split up with my husband: For immigrant women
• If I am not married: When I split up with my lover, partner, boyfriend or common-law husband
• Sex - Make no mistake
• Sexual assault by someone you know (acquaintance assault)
• Smoking and People with Developmental Disabilities
• You and the Police
• What is epilepsy?
• Going to the doctor
• Legal services (in Calgary)
• Problems in your life? Who to talk to (for longer help)
• Shoplifting
• Who to call if you need to talk to someone right now
• You and your partner talk about sex
• You and the Police (information about the Charter Cautions)

Plain Language Manual

Is it Plain? A Manual for plain language writers (rev. Mar 2002)

Over 50 pages of information and ideas to create written materials suitable for people with low English literacy, examples of what works well, illustrations of materials at different stages of "translation," suggestions for alternative words, and recomednations on pictures to enhance text.

To order please contact the Randy Tighe Resource Centre.

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