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. 

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 am always taking a mixture of accessibility and stigma-free language into consideration. As an author, occasional speaker at events, and someone who has done a lot of different media and press appearances, your company will experience the helpful benefit of a built-in, niche audience that can make finding the right source and/ or accessing the disabled demographic a lot easier. 

I am also strong believer in the social model of disability, which states that a disabled person is disabled by the limitations of their environment not their symptoms. I also value the positive connotations that identify first language creates: "autistic" not person with autism" for example.

Although I will always investigate the personal preferences of a specific disability community, and never assume that their preferences are the same as mine. Below are a few samples of my past 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. Here's how I supported her throughout the entire process :

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 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. I don't know sign language, was unable to find anyone who could sign on short notice, and couldn't get the closed captioning to work on our first call. But I quickly found alternative approaches to communication that worked for us both.

​  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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Lexxic partners with organisations who are eager to create a neuroinclusive work environment for neurodivergent employees that makes flourishing at work a possibility. 

In May 2022, I was approached by Lexxic, who wanted to achieve two things:

• Make the overall language, layout, and other aspects of their brochures more accessible to the general public.
•  Make sure that all language used represents neurodivergent people in a fair and non-stigmatising fashion.

For several months, I worked on several brochures for them, from brochures educating people on specific types of neurodivergence, to a brochure explaining their Neurodiversity SMART Certification Program. In a follow-up email with my client, I was informed that my reviews and feedback of all documents were very helpful.

If you're curious to see a sample of the finished product, here's one of the brochure I worked on.

If you are looking for additional samples of work I have done within the neurodiversity hiring and training sector, check out the work I did for Uptimize, which is prominently featured in my writing portfolio. 

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