Easy Read

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About Easy Read

Why Easy Read is Important

Get Started Using Easy Read

About Easy Read

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Many Australians find it hard to read.

They do not understand complex written information.

Complex means hard and confusing.

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If you find reading hard or tiring Easy Read might help you.

Cartoon of an Easy Read document.
It uses:
  • Easy to understand words
  • A clear and simple look
  • And pictures that help understanding.
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You have the right to information that is easy to understand.

You can ask for Easy Read.

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Rights are things that everyone should have or be able to do. For example, you have the right to:
  • Always be safe
  • Get health care when you need it
  • Get help from a lawyer when you need it.
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These places should be communicating in ways you understand. This could include Easy Read:
  • Governments
  • Disability services of all kinds
  • Health services
  • Legal systems such as courts
 
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Coming soon:
  • A document you can print off. It will help you ask for Easy Read.

Why Easy Read is so important

You have the right to understand what is happening in your life.

You have the right to make decisions in your life.

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Decisions are choices you make.

You need good information to make good decisions.

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There are lots of ways to communicate information. Some are easier to understand than others. Some are more accessible. Accessible means most people can
  • use them
  • read them
  • understand them.
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Easy Read is one of these ways. Many people find it very helpful.

They can understand the information more easily.

Get Started Using Easy Read

If you want to learn more about what Easy Read is you can:
  • Talk to a someone who might know. They might be someone who works in disability.
  • Google or have a look on The Easy Read Toolbox website. We wrote Simple Words Big Impact.
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If you want to ask for Easy Read to be used you can: For more Easy Read go to the Easy Read Directory Australia.

Who wrote this website

The Easy Read Toolbox team
We are the team from The Easy Read Toolbox. Most of us are disabled people. We care a lot about information and communication being:
  • accessible
  • easy to understand.
We hope this website helps you! If you have any feedback you can email us on admin@easyteadtoolbox.info . Feedback is when you tell us about the things on the website which are:
  • good and working well
  • not working well and need fixing.
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Disabled people should be able to:
  • live the lives they want
  • access services they need.
 To do this they need to understand information and communication.

Easy Read by The Easy Read Toolbox.

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Easy to understand information is very important.

It can help keep people safer.

It can help people with disability to make more decisions about their lives.

Accessible information help people control their own lives.

– From the Disability Royal Commission: Final Report – Volume 6, Enabling autonomy and access.

Easy Read by The Easy Read Toolbox