Educational issues, Vol. 3 No. 6, 2020.
Original scientific paper
Do easy-to-read texts help people with intellectual disabilities achieve literacy?
Nina Volčanjk
orcid.org/0000-0002-4482-0671
; Maribor, Slovenija
Abstract
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.
Keywords
intellectual disability, reading, understanding of content, peer violence, students
Hrčak ID:
249132
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Publication date:
15.12.2020.
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