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“All information can be put across in easy words without losing any of its meaning so long as it means something to start with and is not just gloss or long words that have been used without real understanding. If policy makers wrote in easy read to start with it would save a lot of time and effort and money needed to make easy read copies. These would be more useful to many groups of people. Professionals can then make their own jargon versions if they find them quicker to use. This would stop the excuse of not having a budget to put information into easy read format.” (Annual Report for 2005 of PEOPLE FIRST, an organization run by and for people with learning difficulties.)
One could add: If the wording of an official document is intended to conceal the meaning an easy read version can be hilarious. The Department of Constitutional Affairs’ easy exposition of the Mental Capacity Bill was enough to make a cat laugh.
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