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Easy read is hard to get right

• This is a GOV.UK blog from the Inclusive Design team at UK Health Security Agency.
• It is about the “easy read” format – something I’d never actually come across before.
• The format, intended for people with learning difficulties, has a very specific template and definition:
  • wide margins
  • images on the left (to help convey meaning to the text on the right)
  • large text (14 to 16pt)
  • bigger spaces between lines (1.5 spacing)
  • 1 idea per image
• The nature of these requirements mean that ‘easy read’ content is often published as a PDF. This comes with its own accessibility issues, described in the article.
• The intended audience often has a ‘support person’ that they share this kind of content with, so it is important that they are easily able to print off the information and keep it together.
• Some users preferred text-only versions of the content, as they found the use and choice of images patronising.

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