Cathy Basterfield is a speech pathologist with 37 years experience working with people with intellectual disability and complex communication needs. For the last 20 years Cathy has lead the development of Easy English.
Cathy will talk about access to effective written information is a right for all people with intellectual disability. It should mean many more people with intellectual disability can read, understand and apply the new information to their own life. The labels most often used in Australia are Easy Read and Easy English.
