Handbuch Barrierefreie Kommunikation

• Other Authors: Maaß, Christiane (Editor), Rink, Isabel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Frank & Timme 2018
• Series: Kommunikation - Partizipation - Inkluion 3
• Subjects: Usage & grammar guides; Sociolinguistics; Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; Grammar, syntax & morphology; Translation & interpretation; Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication; Reference works; Communication studies; Educational strategies & policy; audio description; subtitling; barrier-free; barrier-free communication; barrier-free design; barrier-free bureaucracy; community interpreting; German as a Second language; Interpreting; sign language; sign language interpreting; inclusion; inclusive theatre; easy language; mental disability; translation; accesability; perceptibility; visual impairment
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Barrier-free communication includes all measures to reduce obstacles to communication in various situations and fields of action. Due to disabilities, illnesses, different educational opportunities or drastic life events, people have very different needs in terms of how texts or communications must be prepared for them in order to meet their individual requirements and access prerequisites. In this handbook, the topic of accessible communication is examined in interdisciplinary breadth and critically reflected upon. Current findings, proposed solutions and desiderata from research are juxtaposed with reports from practitioners and users who provide insights into how they deal with accessible communication and highlight current and future requirements and problems. Christiane Maaß, University of Hildesheim, is Professor of Media Linguistics at the Institute for Translation Studies and Specialised Communication and Head of the Research Centre for Easy Language. Isabel Rink, University of Hildesheim, is managing director of the Research Centre for Easy Language, programme coordinator of the Master's programme in Accessible Communication and a lecturer at the Institute for Translation Studies and Specialised Communication.