Easy English

Easy English is a simple style of writing developed by Australian speech pathologist Cathy Basterfield.

It is a simple, short way of writing information to help:

• people with low literacy;
• acquired disabilities, such as after a stroke or car accident, head injury, or dementia;
• lifelong disabilities. such as someone with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy or autism;
• psychiatric or mental illness;
• people who have reading differences;
• people with poor educational outcomes;
• people who left school during K12 education;
• others.

Sentences are short and use simple words. It is written to about a grade 3 level. See Access Easy English for guidelines.