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Easy Read India · ईज़ी रीड इंडियाA Manbhavan Self Advocacy Trust programme · Lab by Manovikas Institute of Higher Education

Learn / Module 1

Check 1: Universal Design in Documentation

Easy Read

There are 8 questions.

Choose one answer for each question.

You need 6 right answers to pass.

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Question 1 What does universal design mean for a document?

Make a separate version only for disabled readers
Design it so that most people can use it without changes
Use more colours so it looks friendly

Question 2 Which layout creates “rivers of white space” that break the reader’s eye line?

Justified text, blocked to both margins
Left-aligned text with a ragged right edge
Line spacing of 1.5

Question 3 How many ideas go in one Easy Read sentence?

One
Two, joined with “and”
As many as fit on the line

Question 4 You need a picture for “meeting”. Which is the literal choice?

A storm cloud
A light bulb
People sitting round a table, talking

Question 5 What is an “advance organiser”?

An index at the back of the document
A line at the start such as “This paper has 3 parts”
A footnote that explains a hard word

Question 6 What does progressive disclosure mean on a screen?

Show everything at once so nothing is missed
Show information one step at a time
Hide the difficult parts for good

Question 7 Put the participatory design cycle in order.

Use the Up and Down buttons to put the steps in order.

Draft the document
Check it with self-advocates
Change what they did not understand
Approve and publish

Question 8 Who decides that a document is Easy Read?

A readability score in Word
The author
A panel of readers with intellectual disability who check it

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