Making Easy Read

Help on how you can make information easier to read


Having information in a way that you can understand is very important.

Everyone has the right to information in a way that they understand.

They should state information in ways that people understand.


The guides on this page are about making information easier to understand for people with learning disabilities.

Lots of other people find information in Easy Read very helpful too.


Making written information easier to understand for people with learning disabilities

Department of Health

This guide is for organisations, professionals and companies who make Easy Read information. It is the document that many other guides are based on.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130812104657/

(This document is not available in Welsh)


Clear and Easy Handbook

Learning Disability Wales, Mencap Cymru, All Wales People First

The Clear and Easy handbook will benefit you if you are;

  • from a local People First group
  • a large disabled people’s organisation
  • a social services department
  • the public sector
  • or a private service provider, such as a bank

There are also Check It tools, to help check if a document follows the Easy Read guidelines.

Clear and Easy Handbook - Learning Disability Wales (ldw.org.uk)