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“How to Make Easy Read Books”

Image description: Easy Read icon on the left, with image in centre of a cross or "X" over a complicated form and a check mark in green on a simplified form. And booklet cover on right with title "How to Make Easy Read Books".
Simplify your communication materials – create clear, easy to understand materials. We’re thrilled to introduce our latest resource: the “How to Make Easy Read Books” booklet. Easy Read is a a special way to make information easier for people with intellectual…

New in 2024: courses in Complex Communication Needs and Positive Behaviour Support

teacher assisting student as a communication partner with his use of a communication book, which is held up in front of him seated in a wheelchair
Two new and groundbreaking post-graduate certificate courses at Curtin University are set to transform the landscape of disability support in 2024. Positive Behaviour Support: Extending Understanding, Shaping Empathy Curtin University’s graduate course in Positive Behaviour Support is an opportunity for…

Helping government staff provide solutions for people with communication difficulties

table with various Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools and devices laid out on display
Helping provide solutions for people with communication difficulties is one of our key focus areas. To increase awareness of communication disability and help people who may work with people with disability we’ve run a few workshops over the course of…

Workshop for Gym, Pool, Recreation, and Library Staff to Connect with Individuals Facing Communication Challenges

Three men enjoying some leisure time in the pool. Two of them are chatting using a communication display stuck on a kick board.
25 July 2023, 10am-230pm: FREE Local Government Staff Training Workshop. Do your front-line staff feel confident interacting with customers who have a communication disability or difficulties? This highly practical, face to face workshop will help your team.

A ‘flash recap’ video of AAC in Early Childhood Education for Communication Success: workshop

variety of Aided Language Display (ALD) sheets with a piece of paper in the centre that has writing on it in green texta pen, "to communicate needs and wants, connection,different ways to communicate".
This is a snapshot of our popular workshop “AAC in Early Childhood Education – Supporting Children with little or no speech in Early Childhood Education K-2”. DDWA runs this a few time each year for people who work in early…

Off to School: a guide for parents of children with developmental disability in WA

front cover of Off to School booklet with young boy smiling, holding his lunch bag
Is your child starting school and has a developmental delay or disability, or do you work with young children who have recently started school or will do so soon? This new resource is for you! Our new “Off to School”…

Autism Parent’s Handbook updated for 2023, is now available

Autism Parents' Handbook
Autism Parents’ Handbook: Your essential guide to services and support in Western Australia. DDWA is pleased to support Heidi Brandis who has published this updated book to help parents of autistic children, prior to or following diagnosis. First published in…