{"id":31646,"date":"2026-06-10T15:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31646"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:10:41","slug":"plain-language-for-accessible-communication","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/plain-language-for-accessible-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Plain Language for Accessible Communication"},"template":"","news_categories":[91,23,65],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-31646","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-accessibility","news_categories-admin-note","news_categories-inside-ahs"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"Weekly Accessibility Tips","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to write and speak clearly with the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fdabun\/b2qdxtee\/vxkxneb. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Ffdabun%2Fb2qdxtee%2Fvxkxneb&amp;data=05%7C02%7Calemke3%40uic.edu%7C0392879d20ef46aca3f908dec7198f7f%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639167109785314104%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HHpX0HJrTnbFJ9ECR%2BrTP6e2JdicCDclpIPVL94p8sQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"11\">Plain Language Tip Sheet<\/a><\/strong>. Plain language is an act of inclusion through writing, formatting, and speaking. Clear communication is essential, even in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This tip sheet includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is plain language?<\/li>\n<li>Writing and formatting techniques for plain language<\/li>\n<li>Tools to help improve your writing (checking for reading level, hard sentences, passive sentences, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Resources for more information and examples of plain language (including for more technical subjects)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To access previous tip sheets, open the\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fdabun\/b2qdxtee\/bqlxneb. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Ffdabun%2Fb2qdxtee%2Fbqlxneb&amp;data=05%7C02%7Calemke3%40uic.edu%7C0392879d20ef46aca3f908dec7198f7f%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639167109785336074%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yTScoHo57ZbkvSZI3LLHC%2BBnCRYUOFlBmkGx178INRM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"12\">AHS Accessibility Tip Sheets folder<\/a>. If you have any questions or need more support, you can visit\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fdabun\/b2qdxtee\/rimxneb. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Ffdabun%2Fb2qdxtee%2Frimxneb&amp;data=05%7C02%7Calemke3%40uic.edu%7C0392879d20ef46aca3f908dec7198f7f%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639167109785352058%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tY9SfxXTLNP%2BlYlvELEC4xncweKCr6DUna3cnF3YKP0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"13\">AHS Accessibility Specialist office hours<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fdabun\/b2qdxtee\/7anxneb. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Ffdabun%2Fb2qdxtee%2F7anxneb&amp;data=05%7C02%7Calemke3%40uic.edu%7C0392879d20ef46aca3f908dec7198f7f%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639167109785368072%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8WkWej65ySSHxzkVNxAS8E66ovoTLnIENGjn82ZKx6E%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"14\">submit a support ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"Ryan Lemke","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31648,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31646\/revisions\/31648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=31646"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=31646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}