Language access in healthcare is a crucial component in minimising inequities among patient populations with limited proficiency in the dominant language. Extensive research has demonstrated that ...

For deaf people, language deprivation during early childhood represents the most significant threat to the exercise of their civil rights and liberties. Nearly all of our clients in these cases were ...

There are more than 200 languages spoken at home in California. But those with the largest proportion of speakers who don’t speak English very well are all Asian languages: Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese ...

In this report, we examine the barriers to voting based on language skills and solutions to expand access for limited English-proficient voters from the local to the federal level. Nearly two and a ...

Eloisa Mendoza has spent 18 years helping people who aren’t fluent in English navigate complex legal documents. She guides them through stressful events and accompanying dense paperwork, such as ...

Language access ensures all voters can participate in democracy regardless of their primary language. In this resource, we share what you need to know about federal voting requirements, state and ...

In Cook County, we believe that language access is a human right. Language access is not something we do as a favor to help those who don’t speak English. It is an essential role we play in protecting ...

This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Language Access Network (“LAN”), the industry leader in trusted healthcare communications, is providing interpreting services to the local Physicians Free ...

The scarcity of online resources highlights an urgent need for improved information accessibility. This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 6 September 2023. This article is part ...