Public Writing and Media Appearances

Plain Language Translations

Below is a partial list of publications that I have produced or translated into plain language for cognitive accessibility. Plain language is a form of writing that uses simplified structure and vocabulary to reach diverse audiences, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• “Million-Dollar Question: How to Find Safe Homes for Those with Complex Needs” by Amy Silverman (Center for Public Integrity)
  • Plain Language
  • Original Version
  • ASL and Plain Language Summary
• Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau
  • Plain Language Version and Information about the book
• State of Denial by Amy Silverman (ProPublica and Tucson Daily Star Investigative Report on disability services in Arizona)
  • Landing Page for Series
• “How to Vote: A Quick and Easy Guide,” by Asia Fields (ProPublica)
• Fearlessly Different by Mickey Rowe
  • Information about the book and link to plain language summary
• Overview of the ADA: An Easy Read Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Mid-Atlantic ADA Center)

Public Writing

• What Makes Writing More Readable? The Pudding (with Jamie Brewer)
  • Data visualization explaining the mechanics of plain language and the limitations of automated readability checkers.
• Provide the Pens, Don’t Write the Story: Recommendations for Young Researchers, Opening Pathways Partner Toolkit
• Have We Crossed the Rubicon? Disability and Contemporary Eugenics, Eugenic Rubicon: California’s Sterilization Stories
• AZ Ranked Number One But Still Has a Long Way to Go for Inclusion, Our Voices (Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council)
• Feminist Futurisms (a HASTAC@ASU Bibliography), HASTAC (with Annie Hammang and Kaethe Selkirk)

Media Appearances

• Conservatorships and the Britney Spears Case, Rocket Talk (WGTE, Toledo PBS Affiliate)
• The Call for Plain Language: A Q&A with Disability Studies Professor Rebecca Monteleone, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics
• Companies Pry Open the Web for People with Intellectual Disabilities, Wall Street Journal
• ProPublica Experiments with Ultra-Accessible Plain Language in Stories About People with Disabilities, NiemanLab (Harvard University)
• Toward More Accessible Work Environments, SWE Magazine
• Career Pathways: Shelter-at-Home Orders Put Spotlight on Disability, SWE Magazine