The Bridge to Understanding: Building Accessibility Into Health Literate Materials
This is a Communication domain course.
Increasingly, patients receive information on their smartphones, via websites, or through electronic health records. But even expertly-written, well-designed materials might inadvertently include content that is partially or entirely inaccessible to users with disabilities. This session will cover the basic issues and provide tangible solutions to digital inaccessibility. Attendees will learn techniques to create meaningful visuals and content that are screenreader-friendly, while still employing health literate practices. The presenter will demonstrate built-in tools for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat, and additional resources for checking website accessibility. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop for a hands-on learning experience.