Website editing: for the issues that affect disabled people

From 2016-2017, I took editing classes at George Brown College's St.James Campus. These courses taught me how to copyedit, proofread, and provide substantive edits to writers of all levels of experience. My editing-focused training also made it possible for me to combine my background in writing and content marketing, with a basic understanding of how to edit writers in a variety of settings, contexts, and circumstances. 

Professionally speaking, my digital marketing professional background dates back to 2009 and I have helped people make social causes and projects searchable, shareable, and accessible to a global, web-based audience. If your organisation is tackling issues that affect disabled people, like employment, access to alternative medicine and wellness options, and education, I can also help make your messaging relevant, accessible, and engaging to disabled people and the broader public. As someone who is also involved in disability advocacy, and is disabled myself, I have developed a great deal of understanding of this particular demographic.
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Below are a few website editing projects I have done so far. If this sounds like something you're looking for, reach out to via my contact page to see if I'm open to new freelance editing projects.

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On March 2019, I helped Amie Reiman launch the HIP Lives website. HIP Lives is a website that covers health, wellness, and advocacy for women. Especially the topic of medical cannabis therapy, and the stigma that people face. 

Before we started working together, Amie was a total beginner at blogging, but here's how my involvement in her work made a difference:

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 I have gained capabilities in the areas I wished to learn and feel more confident in handing over the reigns when expert services are needed. Rosemary is a pleasure to work with because she takes the daunting "start up" needs of a super beginner and supports you from the intake right through to the launch.

Amie Reiman

Founder

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HIP Lives

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A few of the article published:

HIP Lives Series: The story of HIP Lives

How my son's epilepsy diagnosis made me a cannabis advocate

How meditation has helped me accept my lack of control

When Melanie first reached out to me, she was developing a website from scratch. She wanted to promote her online writing workshops (Your Desk) for non-writers who have to write at work, her writing coaching, and her University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute workshops.

​She was already working with a web developer, but she needed an editor to help her with the layout and messaging of her web copy. Here is her opinion on the finished product:

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This is just a quick one, for now, to say that I love what you did with it! It seems to flow so much better to me. All your suggestions make sense, and I’m revising to address them.

Melanie Sexton

Writing Instructor & Coach

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writingatwork.ca

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From February to March 2020, I helped Toronto Workforce Innovation Group (TWIG) publish the findings of their Microtasking workshops, research, and scenarios on their blog. TWIG provides labour information and services to community groups, employers, and stakeholders in the City of Toronto. 

Everything from powerpoint presentations, interviews, and research papers, to letters from the City of Toronto were edited for SEO friendliness, clarity, and accessibility to anyone who might benefit from these findings.   

A few of the stories published:

Kristy Milland: state of microwork

The Future of Work in the City of Toronto

Strategic Perspectives on Microwork Futures

Statistics Canada: digital platform worker initiatives