Accessibility Toolbar 
Our website has an accessibility toolbar to help more Victorians get cancer information and support. The online inclusion toolkit may be helpful to people who are blind, have low vision, are d/Deaf or hard of hearing, have an intellectual disability, or who have limited English proficiency.
Located at the top right corner of the website, the toolkit has features such as audio downloads, plain text options, reading options and more.
Every Victorian should have equal access to cancer information and support that they understand, and the way cancer information is delivered by health professionals can make a significant difference.
The below resources provide cancer information in multiple formats including Easy English. These resources can be helpful to those with an Intellectual disability, low literacy, low health literacy, and those who are not familiar with English.
These resources can be given to people with disability, health and disability professionals, and loved ones who support a person with disability through their cancer experience.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? View resources in other languages, Cancer Council NSW's Easy Read resources or more resources in an accessible format.
Cancer information and support resources
Cancer screening and early detection resources
What is health literacy?
Health literacy describes how people access, understand, and use information to manage their health.
- Access – is the ability to find information, as well as the availability of the information for people to access. For example, a person cannot learn about their cancer treatment options if there is no information available for them to learn from.
- Understand – once the information is accessible, it must be delivered in a way that can be understood.
- Use - once people have the health information they need and understand that information, they are then able to make informed decisions about their health.
People with low levels of health literacy are more likely to have poor health behaviours and are at higher risk of worse health outcomes.
When health literacy is improved, it is more likely that people make informed decisions that better their health, engage with health professionals, manage their own care, and participate in health services such as cancer screening.
Informative animations
What is cancer?
Cancer treatments and side effects