Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services for Families of CYSHCN (PEALS)

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Health Equity and Plain Language

A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter.

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A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter. This version of the document is in Spanish.

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Readability and Plain Language: Why do they matter?

A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter.

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A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter. This version of the document is in Spanish.

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Plain Language Checklist

A detailed checklist to help guide writing using Plain Language.

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Planning for Culturally Responsive Projects

A detailed checklist to help guide writing using Plain Language.

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Translation and interpretation: What’s the difference?

A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter.

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A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter. This version of the document is in Spanish.

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Hiring an interpreter for virtual meetings

A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter.

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A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter. This version of the document is in Spanish.

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What’s the difference between “deaf,” “Deaf,” and “hard of hearing”?

A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter.

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A graphic document explaining the difference between Translation and interpretation and explaining the different types of interpretation, including a medical interpreter. This version of the document is in Spanish.

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With families at the center of health care, all children and youth reach their full potential and health disparities are eliminated.

Our Mission

Family Voices is a national organization and grassroots network of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities that promotes partnership with families—including those of cultural, linguistic and geographic diversity—in order to improve health care services and policies for children.

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