“Writing Government Information for People with Disabilities”

Earlier this month, Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup at thoughtbot titled “Writing Government Information for People with Disabilities.” The presenter was Jonathan Katz, Content Writer at the New York City Department of Small Business Services. Katz discussed how to write so that people with cognitive disabilities can read, understand, and use your content.

Here are three moments we found especially interesting in the presentation:

• Fonts matter
• Say things in more than one way
• Repeat, repeat, repeat
• Speak as an equal
• Know your readers
• Grade level checkers