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{\an2}EASIT: Easy Access
for Social Inclusion Training.
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{\an2}This is Unit 2: Easy-to-understand
language, in short E2U.
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{\an2}Element 2: Legislation, standards,
and guidelines.
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{\an2}Video lecture: Legislation.
International perspective.
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{\an2}My name is Christiane Maaß from
the University of Hildesheim.
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{\an2}In this short video, I will talk
about the legislation
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{\an2}in the field of easy-to-understand
language
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{\an2}with an international and
European perspective.
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{\an2}The legal situation of
easy-to-understand language
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{\an2}will be different in every country
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{\an2}with regard to the national
legislation.
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{\an2}Within this unit, we have also a
video lecture
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{\an2}about the situation of
easy-to-understand language
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{\an2}in the countries of the EASIT
project partners.
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{\an2}Access to communication and
information
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{\an2}for people with disabilities has
become a relevant topic
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{\an2}in the international legal and
political discourse.
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{\an2}Through the UN Convention on the
Rights of People with Disabilities,
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{\an2}short UN CRPD,
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{\an2}this issue became more relevant in
the countries
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{\an2}that signed and ratified this
Convention between 2007 and 2009.
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{\an2}All members of the European Union
were part of the 80 countries
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{\an2}that signed the UN CRPD on the very
first day.
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{\an2}As of spring 2020, 163 countries
have signed
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{\an2}and 181 countries have ratified the
UN CRPD.
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{\an2}With these numbers, the UN CRPD
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{\an2}is one of the most influential
conventions
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{\an2}in the history of
the United Nations.
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{\an2}The UN Convention on the Rights of
People with Disabilities
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{\an2}deeply changed the paradigm of
envisioning disability in society.
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{\an2}Before the UN CRPD, persons
with disabilities
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{\an2} were often seen as needing
assistance
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{\an2}and the aim was to integrate them
into the society as it is.
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{\an2}The UN CRPD demands that societies
have to change in a way
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{\an2}that persons with diverse needs can
be included.
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{\an2}That they can be empowered and can
be active in society.
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{\an2}To achieve such change, inclusion of
people with diverse needs
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{\an2}has to be put on the agenda in the
different fields of society.
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{\an2}One important pillar is legislation:
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{\an2}Through legislation, the society can
change in the way
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{\an2}that is necessary
to make inclusion happen.
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{\an2}The UN CRPD states that accessibility
to information and communication
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{\an2}is crucial to ensure the fundamental
freedoms
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{\an2}and all human rights of
persons with disabilities.
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{\an2}This document names Plain Language
as a means of communication
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{\an2}to achieve accessibility and
inclusion.
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{\an2}Article 2 of the UN CRPD states and
I quote:
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{\an2}“Communication” includes language,
display of text, Braille,
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{\an2}tactile communication, large print,
accessible multimedia
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{\an2}as well as written, audio,
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{\an2}plain-language,
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{\an2}human-reader and augmentative
and alternative modes,
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{\an2}means and formats of communication,
including accessible formation
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{\an2}and communication technology”.
(UN CRPD Article 2)
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{\an2}Through this article, the UN CRPD
defines easy-to-understand language
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{\an2}as a way to make communication
accessible.
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{\an2}The implementation of the convention
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{\an2}has been somewhat different for
every country.
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{\an2}In Germany for instance,
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{\an2}Plain Language has indeed become
part of the law.
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{\an2}But additionally, taking up impulses
from the empowerment movement
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{\an2}of people with
cognitive disabilities,
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{\an2}Easy Language is now part
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{\an2}of the German law of equality on the
people with disabilities.
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{\an2}In 2019, the European Accessibility
Act was passed.
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{\an2}The full name of the document is
“Directive (EU) 2019/882
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{\an2}of the European Parliament and of
the council of 17 April 2019
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{\an2}on the accessibility requirements of
products and services”.
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{\an2}In Unit 1 “Media Accessibility”,
element 2 “Accessibility”,
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{\an2}video lecture “Accessible
legislation”,
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{\an2}you can find more information about
this EU directive.
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{\an2}In this Directive, Easy and Plain
Language are not explicitly named,
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{\an2}but easy-to-understand language
does come into place
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{\an2}as a means of accessibility.
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{\an2}In this document,
it is recommended to use
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{\an2}“language which can be easily
understood” by the end users,
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{\an2}authorities and all actors involved
in providing products and services
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{\an2}that are listed in this directive.
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{\an2}It is not clear which language
variety the directive refers to,
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{\an2} but it shows clearly that
easy-to-understand language
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{\an2}is considered an important means
for accessible purposes.
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{\an2}In this presentation,
we focused on the legal situation
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{\an2}of easy-to-understand language
with an international
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{\an2}and European perspective.
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{\an2}Treaties, conventions and regulations
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{\an2}are the frameworks for legislation
in the different countries.
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{\an2}The concrete legislation is
different for every single country.
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{\an2}These differences are not covered in
this short video lecture.
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{\an2}In this Unit, we also provide
video lectures about
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{\an2}easy-to-understand language in
different European countries,
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{\an2}and specifically in the countries of
the EASIT consortium.
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{\an2}We recommend to look into these
lectures and into the legislation
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{\an2}of your own countries for a
perspective
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{\an2}on your national context.
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{\an2}This video lecture has been prepared
by Sergio Hernández
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{\an2}and Christiane Maaß from the
University of Hildesheim.
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{\an2}You can reach us at
easit@uni-hildesheim.de.
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{\an2}The project EASIT
has received funding
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{\an2}from the European Commission
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{\an2}under the Erasmus+
Strategic Partnerships
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{\an2}for Higher Education programme,
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{\an2}grant agreement
2018-1-ES01-KA203-05275.
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{\an2}The European Commission support
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{\an2}for the production of this
publication
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{\an2}does not constitute
an endorsement of the contents,
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{\an2}which reflect
the views only of the authors,
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{\an2}and the Commission
cannot be held responsible
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{\an2}for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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{\an2}This work is licensed
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4.0 International License.
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{\an2}Partners of the EASIT project:
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{\an2}Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
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{\an2}Università degli Studi di Trieste,
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{\an2} Universidade de Vigo,
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{\an2}Stiftung Universität Hildesheim,
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{\an2}SDI München,
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{\an2}Dyslexiförbundet,
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{\an2}Radiotelevisija Slovenija,
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{\an2}Zavod Risa.
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{\an2}EASIT: Easy Access
for Social Inclusion Training.
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{\an2}Subtitleed by Janka Böhnke.