People First Ltd's Easy Read standards, August 2012
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People First (Self Advocacy) Unit F173 Riverside Business Ctr, Haldane Place, London SW18 4UQ Tel. 020 8874 1377 Email: [email protected] Website: www.peoplefirstltd.com People First is run by people with learning difficulties campaigning for equal rights. We give information, training and advice. People First (Self Advocacy) is a company limited by People First’s Easy Read Standards 1. Text formatting (type of letters to use): Use Arial font, No smaller than font size 18. This document is the size of Arial Font 18 Use bold to make something stand out Do not use underlining (underline = No) Do not use italics (Italics = No) Photos and pictures
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Easy Read standards, produced by People First Ltd. This is part of the learning and resources from a project supported by the Strengthening DPULOs Programme.
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People First (Self Advocacy) Unit F173 Riverside Business Ctr, Haldane Place, London SW18 4UQ Tel. 020 8874 1377 Email: [email protected] Website: www.peoplefirstltd.com
People First is run by people with learning difficulties campaigning for equal rights. We give information, training and advice. People First (Self Advocacy) is a company limited by guarantee no. 03134827 and a registered charity no. 1057354
People First’s Easy Read Standards
1. Text formatting (type of letters to use):
Use Arial font, No smaller than font size 18. This document is the size of Arial Font 18
Use bold to make something stand out
Do not use underlining (underline = No)
Do not use italics (Italics = No)
Photos and pictures
Pictures may not be clear if printed badly.
Using photos can be confusing, the picture can lose meaning if a person recognises a person in the photo
Pictures with words: their should be at least one picture per paragraph, but if the paragraph is
talking about two different points then you need two pictures
The pictures should tell the story of your document
Words Use words that are easy to
understand; sometimes you cannot change a word so will need to include it in a glossary and explain what it means.
Use short sentences.
Do not use hyphens (this symbol is a hyphen - ) or split a word across 2 lines or pages
Often it is not enough to change one word for another to make a sentence accessible. In this case the whole structure of the sentence should be changed.
An easy read document should include all the information included in the non easy read version. The easy read document should not be a summary.
After a piece of work has been put into Easy Read a person with learning difficulties should check it to make sure that it is accessible.
At People First we understand that everybody has different access needs and that for some people, to fully understand an Easyread document, they will need support.
So thinking about your target audience should be your starting point.
If you don’t go below these standards then everybody has the same access to information and an equal opportunity
to be included.
