This book shows how accessible communication, and especially easy-to-understand
languages, should be designed in order to become instruments of inclusion. It examines two …

The Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe describes what Easy Language is and how it
is used in European countries. It demonstrates the great diversity of actors, instruments and …

Abstract Information access has been one of the main concerns of lexicography since the
first dictionaries were compiled. This paper draws an explicit link between the proposals …

This article aims to introduce new insights to further the understanding of easy language
(EL) and plain language (PL) as examples of tailored language and place them within a …

This article presents a broad overview of easy-to-understand language and links it to
audiovisual translation and accessibility. First, it discusses terminological and conceptual …

Participatory accessibility, ie, the involvement of users in the design, making, and validation
of accessible products and services, has been encouraged under the premise that it would …

Spain has a population of 47.3 million inhabitants. The country is divided into 17
autonomous regions (constitutionally denominated comunidades autónomas) and 2 …

Italy is a south Central European country that forms a peninsula delimited by the Alps and
surrounded by several islands, with a long Mediterranean coastline. Its capital is Rome …

Providing accessible audiovisual content which caters for diverse user needs is one of the
challenges of today's digitised society. Audio description (AD) has been recently proposed …

Easy and Plain Language have come a long way over the past decade: They are now part of
both international and national legislation, and a myriad of texts have been produced …