Do easy-to-read texts help people with intellectual disabilities achieve literacy?

Easy-to-read texts enable people with intellectual disabilities to have a quality experience in understanding texts. Since people with intellectual disabilities receive and process information more slowly than other individuals, adapted texts enable individuals with intellectual disabilities for self-education and literacy competence in the wider social environment. Our empirical research showed that students with intellectual disabilities better understand the content of easy-to-read texts. When talking about the text, they can interact with people more easily. They can discuss the text more easily, express their opinion and support it with arguments. The research has shown that adapted texts have a positive impact in all aspects on the understanding of content in people with intellectual disabilities