Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fATLCs004564; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:12:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:12:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <167.4c0f70a.2937fdd6@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Dwyoho@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3474] Who was it written for? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10536 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_167.4c0f70a.2937fdd6_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 2682 Lines: 55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/29/2001 9:29:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, bertiemo@yahoo.com writes: > I was met with the argument that every > element was required by the donors. Doesn't matter > that the document was so long as to put people to > sleep. > I think you have hit on something that lies at the heart of commuicating with low literacy readers. Too often, too much of what is offered was written not to benefit the reader, but to benefit the writer. When regulations, mandates, risk of a lawsuit, or just oiling a screeching wheel are really behind the communication, the low literacy reader is out of luck. The very first question to answer with any written item is "who is the intended audience, really?" Deborah W. Yoho Co-moderator, NIFL Health Literacy Discussion Group Chief Executive Officer Greater Columbia Literacy Council 921 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC 29205 803/765-2555 dwyoho@aol.com
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